No Icon Upon minimizing Programs

[Neil]

No matter what program I minimize, no ICONs are added
to my taskbar (or is it the toolbar?) located at the
buttom of my screen. This problem just started recently
and I have never seen the problem before. If I hit CNTRL
ALT DEL after minimizing the program, the program is still
running because it is listed in the table. I can then
shut this program down.

Any suggestions? Very troublesome not being able to
restore a program after minimizing it because no ICONs are
present to click on.

[Ron Badour]

It's the taskbar and I don't have a specific fix for this problem. If no
one else provides anything, you can try a registry restore:

If this problem is less than five days old, restore a copy of the registry
that predates the onset of the problem and see if that helps. The five-day
limit assumes that the computer is booted every day. If it is not booted
every day, you may have an old enough registry backup that you can use even
though more than five days have elapsed. Any registry changes made after
the date of the restored registry will be lost.

On the Start Menu, select Shut Down and Restart in MSDOS Mode. At the
Windows prompt, type: scanreg /restore and hit enter. Once the
registry restore screen appears, select the date of the registry that you
wish to restore by highlighting it and then click enter. If you see a
registry named: Rbbad.cab, that is a copy of the registry that has already
been replaced.


--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Neil" > wrote in message
...
> No matter what program I minimize, no ICONs are added
> to my taskbar (or is it the toolbar?) located at the
> buttom of my screen. This problem just started recently
> and I have never seen the problem before. If I hit CNTRL
> ALT DEL after minimizing the program, the program is still
> running because it is listed in the table. I can then
> shut this program down.
>
> Any suggestions? Very troublesome not being able to
> restore a program after minimizing it because no ICONs are
> present to click on.
>

[Alan Edwards]

This was the common cause of that in 2002:

If you mean you minimize an application and it
does not show on the Taskbar but can still be seen in Ctrl+Al+Del
then:

FriendsGreetings worm.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.friendgreet.worm.html
http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99760
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_FRIENDGRT.A

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.win98.apps, "Neil"
> wrote:

> No matter what program I minimize, no ICONs are added
>to my taskbar (or is it the toolbar?) located at the
>buttom of my screen. This problem just started recently
>and I have never seen the problem before. If I hit CNTRL
>ALT DEL after minimizing the program, the program is still
>running because it is listed in the table. I can then
>shut this program down.
>
> Any suggestions? Very troublesome not being able to
>restore a program after minimizing it because no ICONs are
>present to click on.
>

[Ron Badour]

Jeez, my memory is shot Alan--I should have remembered that one :-(

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Alan Edwards" > wrote in message
...
> This was the common cause of that in 2002:
>
> If you mean you minimize an application and it
> does not show on the Taskbar but can still be seen in Ctrl+Al+Del
> then:
>
> FriendsGreetings worm.
>
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.friendgreet.worm.html
> http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99760
>
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_FRIENDGRT.A
>
> ...Alan
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
> http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
> In microsoft.public.win98.apps, "Neil"
> > wrote:
>
> > No matter what program I minimize, no ICONs are added
> >to my taskbar (or is it the toolbar?) located at the
> >buttom of my screen. This problem just started recently
> >and I have never seen the problem before. If I hit CNTRL
> >ALT DEL after minimizing the program, the program is still
> >running because it is listed in the table. I can then
> >shut this program down.
> >
> > Any suggestions? Very troublesome not being able to
> >restore a program after minimizing it because no ICONs are
> >present to click on.
> >
>

[Alan Edwards]

Hi Ron.
I thought you should have as well. <g>

In microsoft.public.win98.apps, "Ron Badour" >
wrote:

>Jeez, my memory is shot Alan--I should have remembered that one :-(