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K, I kinda have a huge situation here.

My desktop is gone!! My computer starts up and then it just stops - i have my wallpaper, but no icons or a task bar. I can only open programs through task manager.

What the hell....?

Any help appreciated.

CTRL + ALT +DEL... close anything that doesn't look too good

also, run msconfig and get rid of anything in your startup that shouldn't be there.

and try running C and accessing your desktop from there

Ok, what do i press to run msconfig. I have no task bar or icons.

does the winkey do anything?

Absolutely nothing.

on file manager, go file > New Task > Run > msconfig

Ok, Im on it.

If i knew how to get to MSN, id come online, but i dont. glare

Run "explorer.exe"

CProgram Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe

Not working - nothings happening, even.

Ok, all fixed, thanks to Davism!

always a pleasure, never a chore

What was the problem?

dunno what caused the problem, but it's fixed orroz

Spyware, I assume. Either that or conflicting software/drivers. S'happened to me before.

if it's conflicting software, the best to do is to find out what the software was that caused it of course, twill save a lot