xp files and folders tasks...side bar

[tedder]

My daughter let somebody 'play' with her PC. She has now lost her folders and files task side bar. I have never experienced this and could not help. Can anybody give me some advice...Regards Tedder

[shoon81]

When you say "Task Side Bar" do you mean the task bar with the Start Button ?
the only time i have seen task bars on the side of the pc screen is if they have been dragged there or if a windows customizing program has added one.
You said files and folders are missing...perhaps the explorer crashed ?
Press CTRL+ALT+DEL, Click the Applications Tab and Press  File > New Task(Run...)
Type explorer.exe and press ok.

Hope this helps.

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Move the mouse over where it used to be. If it appears, right click and select "Properties". In the Properties window, uncheck "Automatically Hide....." and check "Keep The Taskbar On Top.....".

[tedder]

Thanks ,the left hand task bar has the options;view as slide show;move this file;copy this file etc.Also has a preview of any pics that you open up.  Where the folders and files task bar used to be  now has My computer contents. Thanks Regards Tedder

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So you're inside an Explorer window?
Control Panel>Folder Options>View>Restore Defaults.

[tedder]

Thanks for your help.all seems ok now. Regards Terry