start menu and taskbar missing in vista

[dsawan]

Hi folks. Having this problem where start menu annd taskbar are missing in vista. I brought up the task menu, typed in new task and put explorer which brings up everything but I want to get my start and desktop back to the way they were or should be. Also, my desktop icons are missing including SF2. Anyone know of a fix?

[xclusiv8]

well first of, how did this happen?

[dsawan]

i forgot to mention. I can get into control panel and click on taskbar icon but when you click nothing pops up. I cant tell if they are hidden or to the far left and right of the screen. As for how it happened, I was installing panzer general 2 last night and it froze so today i uninstalled it but no go with the taskbar and start menu.

[Wrench]

Try a system restore???

 

wrench

kevin stein

[dsawan]

yep did that. whats funny is the systm shut down on me when I ran avast antivirus software and then it rebooted and I got everything back.