Solved Taskbar disappears after sleep mode...

[shortmantuff]

Sometimes after I wake my computer from sleep mode, my taskbar is missing. The Windows Start button is still there, but nothing of the taskbar. After I reboot it goes away, but I'd rather not do that. Any suggestions?

 

[richc46]

Just off the top. When you find it, right click and lock it. Lets hope it does not hide again.

 

[shortmantuff]

It has always been locked. It is a glitch of some sort, I just don't know how to fix it.

 

[harpua]

Try unlocking it then.

Also you can try to repair using the system file checker.

If that doesn't work, you can try doing a repair install which will leave your programs, data and most settings intact.

 

[shortmantuff]

Okay, I downloaded some screensavers from Microsoft and I believe after they run the taskbar hides itself. I changed the screensaver so hopefully this fixes the problem. I'll keep everyone posted.

 

[mdpreussner]

I just installed 7 three days ago and I am having the same problem. I also removed a screensaver I installed. Please let me know if you fix yours and what you did.

Thanks

 

[richc46]

Okay, I downloaded some screensavers from Microsoft and I believe after they run the taskbar hides itself. I changed the screensaver so hopefully this fixes the problem. I'll keep everyone posted.

If the problem is not fixed, just use system restore. Everything will be good again.

 

[shortmantuff]

I just installed 7 three days ago and I am having the same problem. I also removed a screensaver I installed. Please let me know if you fix yours and what you did.

Thanks

Sorry, forgot to post back. Yes, once I removed the Windows live Screensaver package in Add/Remove Programs the problem was fixed. If you didn't add this screensaver package, I recommend that you do what Richard said and just do a system restore back to a time before the problem existed. Hope that helps! Let us know if you continue to have problems.

 

[Damien]

i used a university of phoenix screensaver since i'm enrolled there, had this problem and googled it and found this solution, got rid of the screen saver, sure this was the problem for me as well. we'll see if it happens again, i went back to win7 bubbles screen saver

love this website, a google search even brings me here for the answer! so this must be tha place for everything win7 lovin it and thanks to everyone!

 

[shortmantuff]

i used a university of phoenix screensaver since i'm enrolled there, had this problem and googled it and found this solution, got rid of the screen saver, sure this was the problem for me as well. we'll see if it happens again, i went back to win7 bubbles screen saver

love this website, a google search even brings me here for the answer! so this must be tha place for everything win7 lovin it and thanks to everyone!

It really is "the" place. I've asked so many questions and have had 99% of them answered in this forum. Good to see other people helping each other out.

 

[jaknb]

Just had the same exact thing happen. Task bar disappeared but I did not know why. After reading this post I realize that it is most likely the screen saver I just installed.
John

 

[Paddywhack]

This happened to me after I updated my graphics drivers. (ATI Radeon).
I rolled back the driver to the previous version and the problem was gone.

 

[colocolo]

This has been an ongoing problem with my laptop..Its so frustrating... I have till now shut down and restarted the system everytime this has happenned...I never read anything about 3rd party screen savers. I have one from Nike with lots of action..Im disabling it now..Lets see if this finally does the trick.

 

[Edac]

Same problem, hopefull for same fix!

I just stumbled upon this forum and registered just to say thanks! I was having the same problem, but I did recently install a new screen saver, so I'm hoping that my problem will fix itself when I uninstall it. I think I'll go back to good old Bubbles too! Thanks so much!

 

[sw41]

My problem seems to be a bit different. My taskbar disappears, not hides, when the computer goes to sleep and the screen looks distorted about the # of pixels of the taskbar. My workaround is to kill explorer.exe proces with taskmgr and relaunch explorer.exe and the bar is fixed and the desktop goes back to the correct view.

Seems that "disable the screen saver" is a workaround, not a fix as the screen saver should work. The screen saver I have is windows "blank". I am trying the SFC fix to see if that helps and checking the video driver forums to see if they have a fix.

 

[thepowz]

Isn't is weird.
The solution is to uninstall the screensaver.
Not real a solution more of a workaround.

 

[pussifer]

Hi all,

Just wanted to throw in my two cents', even if it has been over 6 months since the last reply was posted.

I attempted the

sfc /scannow

fix three times (with a reboot in between each) with no issues found, and the problem persists. Unfortunately, it's not my screensaver, either, though I'm glad to hear that that's been working for some people.

But, for those of you for whom the screensaver 'fix' doesn't work, or if you really like your screensaver (like me), and you don't want to restart your system every time this happens, I have another semi-elegant workaround.

Open Notepad and write

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
explorer.exe

Save this is a .bat file (File > Save As > Save as type (dropdown menu) > Batch file) (I put it in my Documents folder, but I don't think it matters where it ends up, so long as it exists), and pin it to your Start Menu (literally drag the file from your Windows Explorer window to the Start button). Whenever you wake up your machine and the Taskbar isn't there, open up your Start Menu and run this. It doesn't have to be run as admin or anything. All it does it kill the instance of taskbar that's running and start a new one.

Not necessarily the most elegant of workarounds, but it's been serving me fine for many months now (this has been an issue with my build since day one, and nothing I've tried has been a true fix). Just make sure the two lines are separate and you should be fine. And keep in mind that this will kill any open Explorer windows.

Hope this helps someone as much as it has me. And no, I didn't come up with this on my own, but it's pretty straightforward and I don't remember where I found it originally, so no credit to that poor soul. Sorry!