vanishing icons

hi
could anyone tell me what causes the icons on the bottom of the screen to disappear and then come back?(over and over)again
thanks
Rita

 

Usually that is Explorer.exe (Not IExplorer) reloading I think. I know that if Explorer crashes and reloads, that the task bar icons go away and come back.

 

thanks for the reply--maybe thats whats happening.ill see if i can check it out

Rita

 

Hi Rita

Do you have "Hide inactive icons" set in the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties?

Regards,

CrazyM

 

Rita;

Please check your Application and System logs in the Event Viewer.


Close Hauled

 

hey close_hauled
how do i do that?
rita

 

hi crazy M
no its not checked in properties
thanks
rita

 

Rita;

Settings
----Control Panel
--------Administrator Tools
------------Event Viewer

You will see three logs there; Application, Security, and System.

When you are in the Event Viewer, click on the log that you want to view. Then double-click on any event that has a red or yellow icon. Then click on the button that has the document icon in it. That will put the event in the paste buffer. Paste the event here so that we can see it.

Close Hauled

 

i have windows ME --when i clicked on settings and control panel there was no choice of administrator tools.is there another way to do this
thanks
rita

 

Sorry, my fault. I should have remembered.... Damn, I do not remember how to do it with ME. I'll have to look it up. I'll be back...

Close Hauled

 

Rita;

Windows 95/98/ME do not have event logs like Windows NT/2000/XP. It's been too long for me to be of much service with this one.

I just looked at the only Windows 98 machine that we still have running. And looking at it reminded me of a similar problem. I remember that you would get this if you had “View my Active Desktop as a web page” selected in the “Display Properties”. And I remember that this would automatically get turned on if your wallpaper was a .JPG file. To avoid this, I would always convert the .JPG file to a .BMP file.

Other than that, I can’t help too much. Sorry.

Close Hauled

 

Rita;

One other thing. Are you talking about the tool bar disapearing, or just the icons?

Close Hauled

 

Maybe this will help,

http://computing.net/cgi-bin/AT-sea... in windows me&forum=WindowsMe&sp=sp&x=27&y=9



snowbound

 

hi close_hauled
thank you for your time and effort and trying to help.it is the toolbar and icons both disappearing --they come back-and they disappear again--kind of annoying although i guess its not hurting anything
thanks
Rita

 

hi snowbound
i am going to check out your link and see if i can find an answer there
thanks
rita

 

Rita;

I think you might have the "Auto Hide" feature of the tool bar turned on? If you bring the cursor down to the tool bar and right click on it, you should be able to select "Properties" and make sure that "Auto Hide" is unchecked.

Close Hauled

 

Close_Hauled
i checked and "auto Hide" is unchecked.while i was doing that an error message ie script error came up--do you want to run scripts on this page-i just clicked yes.i dont guess this would have anything to do with the icons would it?
rita

 

Rita;

Did you look at the “View my Active Desktop as a web page” setting?

Close Hauled

 

Rita....Hi.......you are not alone and i run XP..........i have no idea

 

Hi Rainwalker
i am going to check out the links snowbound and ronjor gave me and if i find an answer ill let you know. its irratating huh?
rita

 

Hi Rita.... .... irratating and disconcerting

 

This is a mystery and seems to be affecting a lot of XP users (not sure if it could be one of the updates or not but I do no it is happening to others!) It has happened to me on both my computers - I have cleared all TIF's on and offline - cleared my icon cache and several other bits of cleaning - so far this has worked for my main PC so will have to do this on my laptop as it happened there last night. Rainwalker is right you are not alone as quite a few members on an XP forum have exactly the same issue

 

hey ron
yes thats what i see
Rita

 

hi Robyn
im glad to hear im not alone .i have windows me though.i hope we find out what causes it.thanks for your reply
Rita