bloody computers

Jun 14, 2023 Last reply: 3 years ago 38 Replies

lost my task bar and vol control etc what do I do ? ....


hover the mouse over or touch at the bottom of the screen and it should pop up. Then right click on it and set it to not hide.

Owain

Install Linux...

You're Win10 sometimes. You drive multiple computers. I don't really know how many monitors you have.

Winkey-i gets you to Settings if there is no Taskbar to use.

If Winkey-i is not working, you have an icon cache or similar problem. Win10 got rid of most of those bugs a long time ago... unless... you are running a really old Windows 10, one that is out of support. And that can happen when your Windows Update is broke, and you haven't been getting updates since the cows came home. I trust you do take good care of your Win10.

Type in "taskbar" in the search, after the Winkey-i brings up Settings.

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While you could set up multiple monitors, when I tried multiple monitors, each monitor had a Taskbar at the bottom.

So that's probably not how you lost the Task Bar, by sitting in front of your "Secondary Monitor" :-)

I think Linux has more options for its Task Bar when you are using multiple monitors.

Just for kicks, this is what it looks like with two monitors, where the second monitor is shifted down to align the Task Bar areas. The Mac-like disappearing taskbar should work on them, if enabled. Here, I'm using my "fake monitor" for the second monitor. It's just a piece of wire with a "blob" on the end that makes a fake monitor.

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Paul

but be warned it only solves 99% of computer problems.

Jim gm4dhj ... snipped-for-privacy@ntlworld.com wrote

Top yourself.

is that not a bit harsh Rod ?

jim.gm4dhj snipped-for-privacy@ntlworld.com wrote

Nope, that will certainly fix the problem.

Am 14/06/2023 um 16:03 schrieb Jim gm4dhj ...:

One way ticket to Dignitas in Switzerland?

This thread should actually be entitled: "bloody computers running Windows" and could be used regularly since a new piece of nonsense seems to be posted here every couple of days.

Corse it will, because all you s*it will end up in the tip.

it's all right they have came back bit by bit on their own......magic

Sometime Explorer gets its knickers in a twist.

Assuming Windows 7/10/11

CTRL-ALT-DEL select "task manager"

Look for "Windows Explorer" and kill the process

Now restart Explorer: In Task Manager -> File -> Run New Task

Enter "Explorer" in the "Open" box and hit OK.

Fingers crossed!

OK, tell us by number, which items from 1 to 11 in the following picture, appear on the screen. You can report multiple things like

3,5,7,9,11

to help identify the failure type. If your W10 desktop was normal, the report would look like this.

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11

Have a go.

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The purpose is just to get some idea how bad it is.

Paul

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