HELP! Desktop not shown upon startup in Vista

Hi all..

I've a lil problem here. My desktop doesn't show upon startup in Vist
Home Premium. Only a blank screen and the windows explorer is shown.
have to manually go into task manager and runtask "explorer.exe" to sho
my desktop. I ran a scan using NOD32 antivirus software and ther
wasn't any virus

Would really appreciate any help I can get
Many many thanks in advance. :

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Since when has this been occurring?

"angelrain" <> wrote in message
news:...

Hi all...

I've a lil problem here. My desktop doesn't show upon startup in Vista
Home Premium. Only a blank screen and the windows explorer is shown. I
have to manually go into task manager and runtask "explorer.exe" to show
my desktop. I ran a scan using NOD32 antivirus software and there
wasn't any virus.

Would really appreciate any help I can get!
Many many thanks in advance.


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angelrain
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It started a few days ago just after I purchase the laptop...:confused

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angelrain wrote:

>
> Hi all...
>
> I've a lil problem here. My desktop doesn't show upon startup in Vista
> Home Premium. Only a blank screen and the windows explorer is shown. I
> have to manually go into task manager and runtask "explorer.exe" to show
> my desktop. I ran a scan using NOD32 antivirus software and there
> wasn't any virus.
>
From MVP Rick Rogers -

*****
The shell entry may be damaged in the registry. From Task Manager, click
'new task' on the applications tab. Type regedit and click ok. Agree to the
UAC prompt, then expand the branches to reach this one:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Click on the Winlogon key, then on the right find the "shell" string. Double
click it, change the value data to read "explorer.exe" (without the quotes)
and click ok. Then close the registry editor and restart the system by
entering another new task as 'shutdown /r'.
*****

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

"Malke" wrote:

> angelrain wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi all...
> >
> > I've a lil problem here. My desktop doesn't show upon startup in Vista
> > Home Premium. Only a blank screen and the windows explorer is shown. I
> > have to manually go into task manager and runtask "explorer.exe" to show
> > my desktop. I ran a scan using NOD32 antivirus software and there
> > wasn't any virus.
> >
> From MVP Rick Rogers -
>
> *****
> The shell entry may be damaged in the registry. From Task Manager, click
> 'new task' on the applications tab. Type regedit and click ok. Agree to the
> UAC prompt, then expand the branches to reach this one:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>
> Click on the Winlogon key, then on the right find the "shell" string. Double
> click it, change the value data to read "explorer.exe" (without the quotes)
> and click ok. Then close the registry editor and restart the system by
> entering another new task as 'shutdown /r'.
> *****
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!
>

Malke,
I have a similar problem. Blank screen after start up. All I can do is
ctrl-alt-delete to get to Task Manager. I tried the recommended solution;
howeer, no change. Is there another solution? FYI: the Shell entry already
had 'explorer.exe'.

"Malke" wrote:

> angelrain wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi all...
> >
> > I've a lil problem here. My desktop doesn't show upon startup in Vista
> > Home Premium. Only a blank screen and the windows explorer is shown. I
> > have to manually go into task manager and runtask "explorer.exe" to show
> > my desktop. I ran a scan using NOD32 antivirus software and there
> > wasn't any virus.
> >
> From MVP Rick Rogers -
>
> *****
> The shell entry may be damaged in the registry. From Task Manager, click
> 'new task' on the applications tab. Type regedit and click ok. Agree to the
> UAC prompt, then expand the branches to reach this one:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>
> Click on the Winlogon key, then on the right find the "shell" string. Double
> click it, change the value data to read "explorer.exe" (without the quotes)
> and click ok. Then close the registry editor and restart the system by
> entering another new task as 'shutdown /r'.
> *****
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!
>

Marque wrote:

> Malke,
> I have a similar problem. Blank screen after start up. All I can do is
> ctrl-alt-delete to get to Task Manager. I tried the recommended solution;
> howeer, no change. Is there another solution? FYI: the Shell entry already
> had 'explorer.exe'.


Hi, Marque - There can be various reasons for this issue. Since the Original
Poster ("OP") really gave us no information about his/her machine, your
cause might be entirely different even though it sounds like the same
thing. Please make a new post with all pertinent details instead of tacking
your issue onto the OP's. Here are links to show you what details to
include:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question

And always start with:

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things
worked and the time they didn't?

The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus
status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and
versions) did you use to determine this?

Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

I'm having the same problem, but when I change the Shell string from cmd.exe
/k start cmd.exe, to explorer.exe, it just goes back to cmd.exe...etc. when I
restarted. Also, when I put explorer.exe in New Task in task manager it says
not found...etc...and when I try C:\windows\explorer.exe instead, it says
ordinal 874 not found in SHELL32.dll. I also have to do all of this off the
Vista disc from the Command Prompt.

This is on Windows Vista Ultimate upgrade on a Sony Vaio with a P4 3.0ghz
w/HT processor, 2 gigs of ram, and an Nvidia 7900GS gpu.

WouldntYouLikeToKnow wrote:

> I'm having the same problem, but when I change the Shell string from
> cmd.exe /k start cmd.exe, to explorer.exe, it just goes back to
> cmd.exe...etc. when I restarted. Also, when I put explorer.exe in New Task
> in task manager it says not found...etc...and when I try
> C:\windows\explorer.exe instead, it says ordinal 874 not found in
> SHELL32.dll. I also have to do all of this off the Vista disc from the
> Command Prompt.
>
> This is on Windows Vista Ultimate upgrade on a Sony Vaio with a P4 3.0ghz
> w/HT processor, 2 gigs of ram, and an Nvidia 7900GS gpu.

I know I responded to a post your made about this issue in another thread.
Please go back to that original thread so as not to create fragmentation of
the help. If you've forgotten where you posted, you can search for your
name in Google Groups Advanced Search.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

Are you sure you did?? I just found it, but it still doesn't have a response
from you or anyone else.

"Malke" wrote:

> WouldntYouLikeToKnow wrote:
>
> > I'm having the same problem, but when I change the Shell string from
> > cmd.exe /k start cmd.exe, to explorer.exe, it just goes back to
> > cmd.exe...etc. when I restarted. Also, when I put explorer.exe in New Task
> > in task manager it says not found...etc...and when I try
> > C:\windows\explorer.exe instead, it says ordinal 874 not found in
> > SHELL32.dll. I also have to do all of this off the Vista disc from the
> > Command Prompt.
> >
> > This is on Windows Vista Ultimate upgrade on a Sony Vaio with a P4 3.0ghz
> > w/HT processor, 2 gigs of ram, and an Nvidia 7900GS gpu.
>
> I know I responded to a post your made about this issue in another thread.
> Please go back to that original thread so as not to create fragmentation of
> the help. If you've forgotten where you posted, you can search for your
> name in Google Groups Advanced Search.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!
>