Desktop icons and Windows Task Bar missing on Windows XP
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 8:24 pmProblem Reported:
Desktop icons and Windows Task Bar missing on Windows XP.
Can open task manager using Ctlr+Alt+Del.
Internet works fine. LAN activity works fine.
Solution:
1) In Event Viewer, under "System" found "Application Popup Event ID: 26". It says SHDOCVW.DLL missing from c:\windows\system32 folder.
2) In Registry, the data value of "Shell" was showing as "Explorer.exe csrcs.exe" under below registry path.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
According to event viewer error, Copy the missing file "shdocvw.dll" in c:\windows\system32 folder from other working Win XP system.
Modify the registry value data of Shell to "explorer.exe" and restart the pc.
Desktop icons and Windows Task Bar missing on Windows XP.
Can open task manager using Ctlr+Alt+Del.
Internet works fine. LAN activity works fine.
Solution:
1) In Event Viewer, under "System" found "Application Popup Event ID: 26". It says SHDOCVW.DLL missing from c:\windows\system32 folder.
2) In Registry, the data value of "Shell" was showing as "Explorer.exe csrcs.exe" under below registry path.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
According to event viewer error, Copy the missing file "shdocvw.dll" in c:\windows\system32 folder from other working Win XP system.
Modify the registry value data of Shell to "explorer.exe" and restart the pc.