# Missing taskbar Windows XP

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/missing-taskbar-windows-xp/224139>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [April 29, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/missing-taskbar-windows-xp/224139 "2007-04-29T04:18:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Syous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Syous](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Syous)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/missing-taskbar-windows-xp/224139/1 "2007-04-29T04:18:06Z")

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So I rebooted and all of the sudden my taskbar is gone. I Ctrl+Alt+Delete and end explorer.exe and then new task \> run \> explorer.exe and it pops up briefly but then disappears. The taskbar isn’t sent on hide.

Any suggestions? [Microsoft.com](http://Microsoft.com) wnats me to reinstall windows but I don’t have the CDs that came with my computer.