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    after a couple of minutes icons and toolbar disappear

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by times, Sep 21, 2007.

  1. times

    times Notebook Evangelist

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    4 or 5 minutes after i start up vista the icons and toolbar disappear.i can still see the mouse pointer.why does it do this.how can i fix it.
     
  2. timtravel42

    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    try ctrl+alt+delete
    then start task manager
    in task manager, click file, run, and type explorer.exe
    and click run
    this should restart windows explorer