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Quick Launch XP missing 2? part

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by gregorioblanco2003

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First of all I am sorry because my question was already answered but I am a little noob so I don't get it completely

Originial question:

My quick launch bar in win xp disappears everytime I boot/restart. Each time I boot I have to manually right click on the taskbar/toolbars/ and recheck quick launch. Sounds like a registry setting but I'm not sure where to look. Any ideas?
Thanks

Original answer:
FIXED--------DESKTOP.INI file in Quick Launch folder was removed. On reboot/startup quik launch bar shows.

My question:
I am having the same problem. I don't know if the reason for the problem was some DESKTOP.INI file that it was supposed to be in that path and was deleted by mistake. If so ---> which one should I put in that path to correct the problem.

Or, if the problem is because you don't need this file and the solution was just delete it.

I any case I tried already to delete this file and I continue with the problem, and putting this file (that I got from other directory) in that path is not solving the problem.

Let me tell you that I am quite annoying with this.

Please some help

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by grey_woolf

In a networked environment the Network Admin has the ability to have the authenticating server reset your desktop each time you log in.

by jacko2215

There are two forms of the Quick Launch error:

1) After every reboot, you have to manually restart Quick Launch, or
2) when you try to activate Quick Launch, you get a "Cannot create toolbar..." error.

If you are encountering problem #1 above, then do the following:

1. In Registry Editor (Start > Run... > regedit), navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

2. Find "the Userinit" key
3. it probably contains:

%system32%\wsaupdater.exe,

where %system32% represents the path to the System32 folder. For example, C:\Windows\System32

4. Instead of wsaupdater.exe, the data should contain userinit.exe,. Using the example above, change it to:

C:\Windows\System32\userinit.exe,

Do not forget to add the comma at the end!!!

5. Close the Registry Editor and reboot your computer. Problem solved.

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