Posted on 08/26/2012 11:01:16 AM PDT by Hazelwood Redneck Brain Trust
Again I must turn to the smartest conglomeration of people I know for help.
I am running Win XP (service pack 3, I think) and have really messed up. On the task manager screen, I unintentionally did an "end process" on explorer.exe (I thought this was Internet Explorer which I do not use.)
Now I am really hosed b/c my bottom toolbar is gone, my start button is gone, all my shortcut icons on my desktop is gone. Everything is gone. I only have access to the Task Manager and Firefox. (I already had Firefox open.)
I am afraid to shut the computer down, or do much of anything else for that matter.
Can anyone here help me?
Thank you in advance! :)
Just restart and all will be well again. This is one of the things that can happen if it crashes also; no harm is done.
yea, i have been dual booting for 13/14 years.
i almost always use linux when i am online. some programs i use windows for, and i do not want to go thru the trouble of using wine.
always pick the easy way out.
Blessings, bobo
“Should I make the obligatory “you should run Linux” comment?”
Oh, heavens yes! Ubuntu or Mint. WinXP is a virus magnet. Seriously.
I have switched to using PEBKAC error myself, confuses most PC users.
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