Vista - Toolbar at the top dissappeared

I have had my new Dell Studio XPS for less than a week. I love it, it is tons faster than my previous computer with a WEI of 5.9. However, today I was wasting time playing Sid Meiers Railroads and the game crashed. After the crash the bar at the top of my computer screen was missing. It was like this tool/task bar(this one isn't specifically mine):




It has Categories and the recycle bin in it. Can someone explain how I can get the toolbar back. I tried the only system restore point I had on my computer, but that didn't work.

Thanks

Hi Pokaholic and welcome,

The bar at the top is RocketDock. You can get it here...

Free Software List for Vista

Yeah but I think it was already installed and it stopped coming up...

@OP: Open up the start menu and see if Rocket Dock is listed. Also, restarting the computer should bring it back up.

~Lordbob

Thanks for your replys Airbot and Lordbob75,

No, I did not have RocketDock installed, but it was similar, and it came with the computer (which is brand new from Dell). I first tried rebooting to see if it would come up (after the game crash). My next attempt was the restore point, which did not work either. I have just tried undoing the restore point with no success either. The "Vista Dock" as I will refer to it, was slow to load at startup, but I liked it's functionality, and the fact it helped keep my destop clean. I think I will try the RocketDock. After looking at the video, it appears it may serve my purpose, and then some.


But if anyone else has any idea about the Vista dock, and getting it back, please feel free to let me know.

Thanks.


Edit: After installing RocketDock, it's not quite the same. One of the reasons I liked the Vista Dock was because of the "Categories" option. You could load a General icon like Photos as a category, and when you hovered over it, it didn't enlarge, it showed the different programs you put into the category. By doing that, it kept it more compact on the top of the screen.

I have the same problem, my Dock toolbar just disappeared. XPS16, 2 weeks old. If someone knows how to restore this it would be greatly appreciated.

Try looking in the start menu for it. I will actually look on my computer for it, but it will have to be in about an hour. Will let you know.

~Lordbob