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Task Bar "Start" Button

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by kcourson

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I am running Win95. The "Start" button in the task bar, when clicked nothing comes up. No menu, program list etc. Nothing happens at all. What do I need to do to fix this ?

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by red dragoon

The first obvious advice is to restart the PC, but you've probably already done that.

Second, go to the Close Programs dialog box, and end the Explorer task. When the Shut Down windows comes up, cancel it. Wait for the Not Responding window and choose End Task.

Third, download Registry Clean from the Microsoft Download site. It may be a registry problem.

Last thing I can think of, you may need to do a fresh reinstallation of Windows 95.

Good luck.

by bucko77

Can you right click on the start button and then explore?

Check that there are files listed under \Windows\StartMenu

If there is nothing there then they've been deleted or moved. If you can't track them down then apart from manually recreating all the links a reinstall is probably your best option

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