Desktop Quick Launch must reset upon logoff or reboot

This is a simple thing and not earthshattering...just annoying..! when I logoff or reboot I must reconfigure the taskbar toolbars. I use the Quick Launch and Address Toolbars but neither stays "on" when I restart in any fashion. What am I doing - or not doing to have to reestablish these toolbars. thanks in advance!

 

After you configure them, have you gone and right click on the taskbar and put a check by the lock taskbar?
Try it and report back.

 

thanks for your reply...unfortunately it didn't work. I will keep looking. thank you!

 

Next step would be to go to control panel/' users and create a new user account. Reboot and log in to it instead of your normal one. See if the changes stick there. If so , you have a problem with your current account , not with windows. We can work on that if we confirm it is the source of your problem.

 

Good idea...in fact I already have a second user for T/S and when I make the change their it does stick. So obviously something in this user account. I wouldn't think it would be virus software or security settings because those are set for all users. I will look around. thanks for all your help. whenever I'm looking for answers about something PC related the Windows BBS is the first place I turn to. thanks again!

 

Okay, then the next step would be to copy the profile from the account which does not have problems to the one that does and see if that solves things.

Basically you go to control panel > system> advanced> user profiles >settings and select the good profile and select copy and copy it to the bad one.

http://kb.iu.edu/data/aidk.html

Make sure to backup any data in your old profile before you try this as you may inadvertently overwrite some of it.

this lockergnome article explains it

You could also try creating a new profile and copying your damaged one to it and see if the new profile functions successfully and can access all your data. This may be a best first step as it does not endanger your profile or data.

 

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Thanks for the info... I am trying to determine the cause of the issue before I copy another profile onto the one I'm using. The only thing that does not come up is the quick launch bar and that is not a deal breaker... it's just "annoying ". I have network settings and 2 network printers assoc w/the user in question. Thanks for the help. I can live w/the launch bar needing to be reset...but I know I will have to track down the problem at some point.

 

One of these Archived posts or the suggestion I additionally added should hopefully take care of the problem. If not I can find more.....

http://windowsbbs.com/search.php?searchid=95702

Ripped from a past post which concerned another board member with a similar problem. Purpose is to point out the toolbar repair tool located on Kelly's site:
http://windowsbbs.com/showpost.php?p=200202&postcount=3

A case of windows amnesia???
Unlock the taskbar drag the quicklaunch off the taskbar and close it, using the x in the right hand corner. Reboot. Open "control panel" and from the "Taskbar and Startmenu" icon>taskbar tab, click "show quicklaunch ". This has taken care of similar problems from various users.

http://windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=34978&highlight=Quick+Launch

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Please take note that many of these links may contain a suggestion that one of the patches linked to and found on Kelly's site should be tried. If you see these, please try the suggested patch fix. Her site is known, trusted and used by any number of sources. Very frequently used here on this board an innumerable amount of times. Any patch or script, however, can be opened in notepad and peeked into should you be the cautious or curious type. You may even wish to take the precaution of making sure you have a current restore point or registry backup befor applying a patch or script. Maybe overkill, since most can be undone by opening them in notepad and making note of what was done and manually editing the reg yourself but a clean, working regbackup is still a good thing to have.

Please let me know if one, or a combination of these does the trick for ya'.

 

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Thanks for all your suggestions...am working on it...will let you know what works... BTW...I did see an issue in the Events log with a service not releasing the registry for my user so I was looking at the services and what is necessary for my setup. I use Panda software and have found it to be effective but invasive. at any rate...am off to try your suggestions...thanks again.

 

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I appreciate the repair tool but to be honest with you I'd like to know what's being repaired and if it's a registry change what that change needs to be. If I can't figure it out than I may resort to copying the user that does work to the one that doesn't. thanks again.

 

The toolbar repair application was but one of the suggestions? Have you given the others a shot? Nothing suggested takes very long or is high risk data loss or OS destructive. As explained any reg patch or script from Kellys can be opened in notepad and checked out, should you decide to check for or make the settings/changes in the registry yourself, you can. The addtional suggestion, I added, does not even require that. All are worth an experimental run through. The new/copied account procedure will always be an option available to you should the others not pan out. The choice is yours....

 

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okay...this is what I have tried:
*copying my damaged user to a new one that works properly-same prob occurs
*tried copying good user to damaged and would not allow copy
*first link in your previous message had no info
*tried moving the quick launch, closing, rebooting and opening in control panel
that worked but upon second reboot quick launch is gone
*In the past I have had quick launch enabled and lock toolbar off without having to reset upon reboot...do not want to go that route
*I tired the save settings on exit...to no avail

Have purchased the Task Toolbar Repair and will try that. I did read that you provided access to what is being changed in notepad and that detail slipped my mind. Just waiting now for registration unlock number.

I am going back to look at my Internet settings and see if that may have interferred. I've spent way more time on this than it deserves. It does point out to me that I know far less than I thought I did about WinXP. Thank you all for your help. Believe me...it is greatly appreciated!

p.s. oh and I might just create a new user from scratch and reset the network stuff...

 

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I had the Internet toolbar locked from one of the "testing" times trying to fix the Taskbar. I think moving the Quick Launch closing, rebooting and opening Taskbar in control panel and enabling the quick launch fixed the problem. what was keeping it from working (imho) was that the Internet Toolbar was locked. So...it is fixed.

This is such a great forum. I've learned a lot from all of you. Thanks again.

 

Makes sense. Quick launch is stored in an Internet Explorer folder.

 

Hi again Pccoach,
I'm glad the fix suggested worked. Why it works is not clearly understood or remembered by myself. I just remember it as an alternative way of doing things. As a user who is aware that there is, usually, more than one way to accomplish a task, rule of thumb is "if one way doesn't work try another ". On occasion, using the "Control Panel" icons, for applications that have CPL's in there, makes the more fussy settings, available by them, stick when other means have failed. (For example: IE properties have a tendancy to fall into this). Perhaps Quick Launch, as a toolbar perk added by IE, needs this method used once in while. Never having had this problem myself the large part of the thanks goes to those members who have had this problem and reported that this technique worked for Quick Launch. You have now become one of those members.

As for the purchase of "Task Toolbar Repair" or "Toolbar Plus ", I can not consider this a loss. I'm sure this utility will come in handy at some point, the problems that this application covers, happen. It will keep you from having to search for an individual reg patch or registry fix that you would have to do manually. To my understanding this is what Toolbar Plus does. Much like Tweakui, it is just a handier way of making those reg checks, refresh's and changes. I have used the freeware version myself on accasion.

Thanks for the update and your welcome...

 

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thanks again... I'm happy to have purchased the Toolbar fix...actually for all the work that went into it I'd say it is too inexpensive. thanks for sending the registration key. am holding on to the software and KNOW I'll be using it. Take care! and thanks again...