JimD, Put simply: installing/uninstalling the standard VNC distribution *cannot* have done this to your computer or user profile. The installation/uninstallation procedure simply doesn't do anything that could prevent explorer from running.
Do you have the same problem when you log in as a different user? Are you running an up-to-date virus checker? Have you checked the Event Logs on the system for errors from core OS components? Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: JimD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 October 2005 16:44 > To: James Weatherall; [email protected] > Subject: RE: No desktop icons, system tray, start menu > > Explorer is running already - it's just that it's only > a window. There is no taskbar, system tray, icons and > apparently no way to see them. You have to imagine > your machine with just wallpaper and an explorer > window open - that's it! No tray, start menu, and no > apparent way to get to it. I do agree it got hosed. > Sorry to have taken this off topic- All I'm saying is > it was or had to be the vnc install/un-install done in > succession, because it was the last thing I did on the > machine before it went south... thanks for your help, > but I'm obviously going to have to re-build the > machine. > > --- James Weatherall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > JimD, > > > > This isn't anything to do with VNC, I'm afraid. > > > > It sounds like something has trashed your XP > > installation or user profile so > > that explorer.exe isn't being run when you log in. > > If you press > > Control-Alt-Del and use Task Manager to run > > explorer.exe, you'll probably > > find that things look more normal. > > > > Regards, > > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > JimD > > > Sent: 17 October 2005 14:01 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: No desktop icons, system tray, start menu > > > > > > I installed the latest vnc 4 free edition (server > > and > > > viewer) on a windows xp pc recently. Shortly > > > thereafter, I un-installed vnc and now whenever I > > > re-boot the machine there is only a "My Documents" > > > folder automatically displayed. Wallpaper is > > present, > > > but no desktop icons, system tray, start menu, > > etc. > > > Is there any way to get the pc back to it's > > original > > > configuration? I tried a restore point in xp, but > > to > > > no avail. I'm guessing some services might still > > be > > > running or registry settings, but not sure. Any > > help > > > would be greatly appreciated! :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > VNC-List mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
