29 Aug 2009

[Answer]Windows XP

Question:Today I have turned on my desktop only for it to display the background photo only.  It does not give the desktop ikons or the 'Start' menu key.  I have tried opening it in  'Safe mode' so that I can carryout a system restore but this does not allow me access to the 'Start' menu button either.  Therefore I am unable to access the Control Panel to gain access to the System Restore feature.  I have located the 'control.exe' in the i386 folder but when I try to run this I get a message saying 'Windows cannot find 'explorer.exe. Make sure that you typed the name correctly,  and then try again.  To search for a file, click the Start button, then click Search'.  But I dont have the Start button.  Any ideas?


Answer 1:

XP Newsgroups:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

Above link is to XP Newsgroups.

There is a list of the various XP Newsgroups down the left-hand column there.

You will get the assistance that you need there.

These are Vista Forums.

Cheers


Mick Murphy - Microsoft Partner

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