Windows xp status bar missing

Floyd, under normal circumstances, you can open Windows Explorer and click on "View" on the toolbar and then click on "Status Bar" so that it will have a check mark on it.

That will normally give you the status bar at the bottom that you are so used to.. Log in or Sign up to hide this advert. I was side tracked looking in folder options. You must log in or sign up to reply here. Show Ignored Content. In Compact Mode, the menu bar and tabs are hidden.

The status bar becomes hidden and also system menu bar, which contains minimizes, Maximize and Close buttons are hidden too. This can be useful for people how need to see only a specific tab screen, or want to hide all other options of the Task Manager from other people. To bring the Task Manager to normal mode.

Subscribe to Techie Inspire for tips, tricks, Guides and Much more…. Thanks for this…. This is really helpful. Beginners also should have or should know about the task Manager menu. Very handy advice for beginners. Some applications specifically do not allow themselves to be shown in the task bar.

I had a sneaky feeling that there must be at least one other person in the world suffering the same malfunction! And it turns out that there are at least scores of us! Its been bugging me for months, and its been a real pain having to Alt-Tab everything just to get the minimised program back to full screen.

Thanks for the posting Nazir — worked for me! I can only see my task bar when the wallpaper is the background. When I pull up my e-mail or anything it covers it up. I use to be able to see while on line or checking my e-mail. Can you help please? All of minimized windows disappear and there is no way to get them back onto the task bar. My Task Bar is non existant. All the above symptoms happened after i got a virus scan prog to delete a group of P. Virus scan found numerous trojan horse progs.

My taskbar was hidden as well. Uncheck the extend windows desktop to this monitor , click apply, and my taskbar jumped right back onto my main monitorl. After doing everything suggested above, my taskbar was appeared about 1 mins after reboot, then vanished again.

Please help me, ASAP. My taskbar is completely gone i have tried all the taskbar property things and all that it doesnt work its still gone. My taskbar has disappeared. Nor does dragging from either of the screen margins. I have no way of getting to the start menu. My task bar is also hidden and I have tired everything suggested and nothing brings it up.

What now? Thanks for these tips, and I know about these. Its really wiered. Thanks for these tips, But nothing happened with this tips, my task bar is still missing,the task bar apper when i restart my computer but for some seconds and the option on task bar and start up menu which says auto hide the task bar is not checked. I have my pc linked to my tv as a second monitor and my task bar is showing on there? I also have a machine that displays no taskbar, not even a double-arrow cursor on any edge where a taskbar might be.

I can only get to Control Panel from a Windows Explorer desktop icon. Update: I found that the video card on the problem system supports multiple monitors and that a second monitor was enabled. Same as others: when i minimize things they no longer go to my task bar and i cannot see where they go. I see my start menu, but it no longer shows any runninga applications.

I have tried various changes, such as grouping and things. Anyone know how to get that back? Can someone take pity on me and give me a good reson and fix for this huh can someone. I have a bi problem. It is amazing!!!! Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Julie Ram Microsoft Agent. Hi Vickie, Corrupted system files is one of the possible reasons why some icons on the task bar is missing. Should you need further assistance, feel free to post back.

How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Julie Ram's post on January 21,