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Title: (solved)XP task manager opens, but menus are missing like applications etc
Post by: jraju on May 21, 2017, 01:41:42 am

Hi, The question is for my son's laptop. Whenever i am having problems with some hanging, if i go to the task manager to kill the application exe in the tab, there is no application tab, and process tab is present and it shows all the process. It was easy to just kill the application exe , rather than the processes, which may be difficult to find. is there any fix, to restore the default task bar menu in windows xp sp3. i had all updates so far

Title: Re: XP task manager opens, but menus are missing like applications etc
Post by: Boggin on May 21, 2017, 03:04:20 am

I've found a couple of articles on this which may resolve.

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/fix-windows-task-manager-with-missing-tabs-and-menu/

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/310353/how-to-configure-windows-xp-to-start-in-a-clean-boot-state

While I would be willing to download that reset file in the first article after creating a restore point, I wouldn't use any 3rd party programs as the article goes on to suggest.

However, it may be that all you need to do is to follow the steps in the MS article.

Title: Re: XP task manager opens, but menus are missing like applications etc
Post by: Samson on May 21, 2017, 03:12:02 am

Here you go ...
http://www.tweaking.com/forums/index.php/topic,426.msg3029.html#msg3029

Edit: Boggin beat me to it  :smiley:

Title: Re: XP task manager opens, but menus are missing like applications etc
Post by: jraju on May 21, 2017, 05:53:43 am

Hi, first clicking the link goes to the main page of forum
subsequent tries , went to the questioand answer page. quickfix.samson.