Instruction
Call the Screen component. To do this, open the Control Panel from the Start menu. In the Appearance and Themes category, select the Display icon. A new "Properties: Display" dialog box will open. You can call this component in another way: click right click mouse in any free area of the desktop and select "Properties" from the drop-down menu.
If from the desktop background picture, click the Desktop tab. In the "Wallpaper" group, select the old image from the proposed list. If the background you need is not in the list, click on the "Browse" button and specify the path to the image that you want to see on your desktop. Apply new settings.
In the event that the folders "My Computer", "My Documents" and " network”, click on the “Desktop” tab the “Desktop settings” button. An additional dialog box will open. Go to the "General" tab in it, set the marker in the fields opposite the elements you need and apply the new settings.
If the size of items on the desktop has changed (icons and fonts have become larger or smaller), open the Options tab. In the "Screen resolution" group, use the "slider" to set the resolution that will be convenient for your perception. Click on the "Apply" button and confirm changes made.
To change the color scheme for windows that open on your computer and the font size for folder names, click the Appearance tab. Use drop-down list boxes in the appropriate groups. To select visual effects, click on the "Effects" button. For more detailed settings various elements, click on the "Advanced" button. After making changes, click on the "Apply" button.
If the taskbar is no longer displayed on the desktop, then it is hidden. Move the cursor to the bottom edge of the screen and wait until the panel "pops up". Right-click on it and select "Properties" from the drop-down menu. In the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties window that opens, go to the Taskbar tab and uncheck the Auto-hide the taskbar box in the Taskbar Appearance group. Apply new settings, close the window.
The Start button in Windows OS is designed to access the main menu of the system. As a result of erroneous manipulation of the user with desktop elements or failure operating system this button may simply disappear along with the taskbar.
Instruction
Click WIN button on the . If the Start button menu opens, then this will mean that you are lucky - the reason is just the wrong positioning of the taskbar, and with it the Start button. If you do not see the button itself even when the main menu is open, then find a narrow strip at one of the edges of the screen. This will be the taskbar reduced to a height of a few pixels. Using the cursor and the left mouse button, stretch it to the desired size. If, when you press the WIN key, the Start button appears along with the main menu, then right-click it and select context menu select the "Properties" line. In the settings window that opens, uncheck "Automatically hide the taskbar" and click "OK". If pressing WIN does not cause the main menu to appear and, moreover, there is not one on the desktop, then this is a more serious problem. Apparently, Windows Explorer, which is normal functioning GUI systems. In this case, go to the second step.
Click the New Task button on the Applications tab of Task Manager to open the Create New Task dialog.
Type explorer in the input field and click OK. This command runs Windows Explorer. It should restore the functioning of the taskbar along with the Start button placed on it.
Make sure the Start button is working properly. If it doesn't, reopen Task Manager (CTRL + ALT + Delete), go to the Processes tab and look in the Image Name column for a process called Explorer. If you find it, then, perhaps, the Explorer has “frozen” and should be forced to close it - click this line with the mouse and click the “End Process” button. Then return to the Applications tab and repeat steps 3 and 4.
Verify that the normal functioning of the taskbar and the Start button is restored. If this does not happen, then, apparently, the explorer.exe executable file is corrupted or replaced as a result of a virus attack on your computer. If anti-virus protection could not cope with it on its own, then it is better to contact the support service of its manufacturer or specialized web resources. You can help identify and eliminate the virus and the consequences of its activities, for example, in a forum section specially created for this http://virusinfo.info/forumdisplay.php?f=46.
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Operating room main menu Windows systems The vast majority of users open by clicking on the "Start" button, so the absence of it in its usual place can be an unpleasant surprise. The causes may be different, some are eliminated without problems in a few seconds, others may have more serious consequences.
Instruction
Press the left or right WIN key. Opening the main menu as a result of this action will mean that the reason for the absence of the Start button is a change in the positioning or height of the taskbar on which this button is placed.
If, by pressing WIN, you do not see the buttons and the taskbar, but only one menu, then look for a narrow strip at the edge of the screen. This strip will be the taskbar, the height of which is reduced to the limit. Hover your mouse over this bar and click left button and stretch the panel to its normal size.
If you see both the taskbar and the Start button along with the main menu when you press WIN, right-click the button. A context menu will appear in which you need to select the “Properties” item, and in the settings window that opens
The first thing the user sees when loading the operating system is the "Desktop". It contains various elements with which the user accesses the resources of his computer. If your desktop settings have gone wrong, you can return it to its previous appearance in a few steps.
Instruction
Often, when a computer is infected with viruses, the desktop stops loading. This can happen both at the beginning of infection and after the antivirus neutralizes the threat. Everything happens due to the fact that the malware makes changes to the registry keys that are responsible for loading the desktop itself. And the antivirus, after treating or deleting the file, does not always restore the original keys, which is why the problem arises.
How to fix it will be discussed in this article.
Starting a process
You can try to start the explorer process itself, for this you need to go to the task manager by clicking Ctrl+Alt+Delete, and then on the File menu, select Run and write " exporter.exe”, then click OK. Next, the bottom panel with the Start button should appear and the desktop icons will load.
If the method did not help or you have to do this every time, then you will have to solve this problem differently.
Recovery Tool
At boot, the user will have to press the f8 key before the system boots, here you can try to boot Last Known Good Configuration The OS will either boot into safe mode and find the recovery tool through the start menu.
If this method does not work, then you can wait again Windows downloads and in the same way as in the previous paragraph, go to the task manager, select execute and enter rstrui.exe. this will launch the recovery tool.
It will be possible to select one of the previously created points in it, while choosing the date in which everything was in order. This application will restore all system files and help solve the problem. If not, then only editing the registry remains. 
Using Registry Editor from Task Manager
If the previous tips did not help, then the user will need to launch the task manager, this can be done with a standard three-key combination.
And already in it you will need to click File - Run, v top menu, as shown in the picture in the first section. Here you need to start the task manager, you can do this by typing in the window that appears regedit and clicking OK.
In the editor, you will need to open several folders located in the menu on the left, the final path should look like this HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.
In the final window, you will need to find a data file called Shell. Its value should be explorer.exe, you should also look at the other file marked in the picture. Its value should correspond to what is marked on the image.
In order to edit the specified parameters, you will have to right-click on them and select the item “ Change”, but if such values \u200b\u200bare not available at all in the specified folder, then you will need to right-click on an empty space and select“ Create string parameter”, then enter the name and value.
It is also worth checking the folder located on the same path, but it must begin with the directory HKEY_CURRENT_USER. There should not be such string parameters, if they are present, then they must be removed.
After the done actions, you will need to restart the computer, the desktop should boot normally.
The most common reason for the disappearance of the desktop with all graphic elements in Windows is malware, penetrated into the system due to user inattention or improper functioning of the antivirus program. To fix this problem, you will need to restore the virus-damaged file that is responsible for the graphical shell of the OS and scan the computer for viruses.
Ways to revive the desktop
The performance of the graphical shell of the desktop in Windows is controlled by the explorer.exe application, which is located on system partition in the Windows folder. If you change its properties specified in the registry, or damage executable file virus after booting the computer the screen will be absolutely clean.
There are several ways to restore the desktop in such cases:
- forced launch of the explorer.exe utility;
- system recovery;
- through the registry
- replacing the explorer.exe utility.
Forced launch of explorer.exe
The easiest way to restore the table in Windows 7 is to manually run the explorer.exe executable file.
The procedure will be as follows:
If the executable file is not damaged, then after performing these steps, the desktop should be restored. In this case, you should immediately scan the entire system for viruses with a reliable antivirus program. If this did not happen, or when accessing the task manager, a message pops up like “It is impossible to access the Task Manager due to blocking by the administrator”, which is also one of the signs of a virus attack, you can try to restore the desktop by other methods.
Using System Restore
You can start System Restore using safe mode or using boot disk with the operating system. In the first case, you will need:
Start the recovery process Windows desktop possible through installation disk with this OS. At the same time, its assembly should not differ from the one that is on the computer.
In this case, you need to do the following:
If this did not help to return the desktop settings, you can try to perform resuscitation from the command line (the Windows DVD must be installed in the drive):
Working with the registry
Performing graphic file runs through a specific branch in the registry. When a PC is infected with a virus, instead of initializing explorer.exe, activation is performed virus program. To restore the desktop using the registry, you must:
Replacing the executable explorer.exe
All of the above methods of reviving the desktop in Windows 7 are suitable when the explorer.exe file itself is not damaged. Otherwise, you will need to change it to a working one, which can be copied from the operating system DVD.
The information required to restore the table is in the image with the .wim extension. To read it, you should download and install the 7-Zip archiver program, which is absolutely free. When downloading this utility, you need to pay attention to its bit depth (32 or 64 bit). It all depends on the bitness of the system used on your computer.
To restore the desktop, you will need:
- Install the 7-Zip utility. The installation procedure is the same as in other programs.
- V DVD drive install a disk with Windows 7 of the required assembly, and a USB flash drive into the USB connector.
- Having entered the root directory of the boot disk, go to the sourses folder and copy the install.wim file from it to any folder on your computer. For these purposes, it is better to make a new folder.
- We turn on the archiver, go to the folder with the file we just copied and start the extraction procedure using the "Extract" button.
- Go to folder 4 (Maximum OS build).
- We go to Windows folder, select the explorer.exe file and transfer it to the USB flash drive.
- After that, we restart the PC without removing the disk and USB flash drive, and we get into the window for choosing OS installation options. Click "System Restore" and open "Command Prompt".
- In the command window, enter notepad, after which a regular notepad opens.
- Using notepad, go to the USB flash drive and copy the explorer.exe file.
- Through the same conductor we go to system disk(In the recovery environment, the names of the drives are different).
Greetings, dear readers.
Many users often encounter a situation where, at the next start of the operating system, the desktop suddenly stops showing. And there is nothing - no icons, no taskbar. Sometimes even the background disappears. In this case, the reasons can be very different, ranging from the action of malware, and ending with errors in the OS itself. Later in the article I will tell you how to restore the desktop on a laptop in different situations.
general information
There are many reasons due to which users have stopped observing the OS shell when starting the computer. In most cases, this happens as a result of viruses or while working with the settings of the monitor itself. In general, although the situations look similar, they are completely different.
Malware
The first step is to pay attention to this particular case, because it is much more serious than the others. You need to do the following:
It is this file that is responsible for displaying the elements we need. It starts with Windows 7 or any other version. The component is located in system folder on the main drive.
A logical question arises: Why didn't the corresponding executable file start on its own?". The fact is that the virus affected only the system areas that are directly responsible for its start. At the same time, the element itself remained unharmed.
The solution will be System Restore". It can be found by searching in " Start". In addition, it will help Task Manager". Press " File" and " New…". Enter " rstrui.exe". In any case, we will see the desired window.
Now, using the tips, we return the performance of the Windows 8 operating system or another assembly.
Safe mode
Sometimes it happens that " Task Manager” refuses to start in normal mode. In this case, boot the system in safe. And usually users manage to still see their desktop. To do this, you need to perform several movements:
As a result, the necessary information will appear before your eyes.
If this did not help, we try to do everything described in the previous paragraph, only in the new mode. After that, you need to check the equipment for viruses.
Command line support
If the previous option did not help, when choosing to launch the operating system, we point to this option. Now right here we type " explorer.exe". The corresponding component should start.
In addition, you can immediately return to a certain point by writing " rstrui.exe».
If recovery doesn't work
Sometimes you can observe cases when the solution we need refuses to work. This is usually caused by malware. And in most cases, they do not touch the file responsible for displaying the shell, but direct their efforts to changing registry entries.
As a result, during the start of the same Windows 10 or any other version, the OS accesses wrong file. As a result, users simply do not see graphical elements.
In this case, you need to do several movements:
Now we restart the equipment and check its performance in normal mode.
Explorer.exe
All of the previous options consider the situation where the file responsible for the shell has not been corrupted by malware. Otherwise, the system area may be modified or removed altogether. In this case, the above methods are not suitable. As an indicator on the monitor of HP laptops, or maybe Lenovo or any other manufacturers, “ explorer.exe error". In some cases, this is accompanied by a black screen.
Again, go to safe mode with command line, in which we indicate " sfc /scannow". This operation starts checking and restoring the system Windows files. Sometimes this will require an installation disc.
As a result, everything should work. After that, you must immediately install anti-virus software and scan the entire computer.
Incorrect settings
Sometimes problems with the lack of information on the desktop can simply relate to incorrect OS settings.
So, for example, some users may see a picture when an unknown device appears in the screen settings. And if he chooses, everything disappears. It does not help calling " Task Manager and even reboot.
The only true way is " Loading the latest successful configuration ”, which can be selected after pressing “ F8” while rebooting the device.
The same will help restore even Active Desktop, which is a constantly changing shell for the operating system.
In case you suddenly don’t understand something, you can safely watch videos on demand, in which everything is told to the smallest detail.
I hope this article will help you get your device back in working order.