Language Bar issues

Hello Vista Forums. My name is Vasil and i have problems related with my Language bar.

The problem is that i cannot see it in startup and its missing in Taskbar (right click) Toolbars option.
Additionally i've tried to mess win Start-Control Panel-Regional and Language Options-Keyboards and Languages-Change Keyboards... but no luck there.
When i try to dock it in taskbar its not even showing while sometimes its showing in Desktop while saying its docked.
I've checked HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
and add new String with "ctfmon"="CTFMON.EXE" on it and then i do the options to dock it in taskbar but its only showing in desktop from time to time. And before you ask YES i do cleaned the languages and added them again but there was no luck.

I'm looking for solution from months already and before this happened everything was graet.

Please im waiting for help!
Thanks!

Hi Vasil, and welcome to the forums.

Run your cursor across the very top of your screen. It could be hidden there.

If not, then we'll continue with other steps.

No mate as i said i tried everything that is possible to happen. Nothing so far.


PS. I created a ctfmon.exe shortcut on my dekstop and run it ... sometimes it opens the lang bar sometimes now and when it does open it its on desktop but when i try with setting to dock it it says its already docked and i cant do it or if not its gone.

Thats allright, we'll just try all the steps.

Which language do you want to switch to and from? Have you switched languages before?

Yes i used my lang bar since years now and i had no problem.

I use normal English US and my own language Bulgarian (Bulgaria) - both Tywrited and Phonetic.

Hm.. well, You may want to install windows vista service pack 2 again. (I can see you already use it now) Use this as a last resort.


How to obtain the latest Windows Vista service pack

Or if you don't want to do too much work, try using this.

Download Prevx 3.0

its an antivirus, but it also fixes some issues with your computer.

then try using ccleaner if that doesnt work, and repair your registry with it.

CCleaner - PC Optimization and Cleaning - Free Download

Ok ill first try CCleaner if not ill go with PrevX and if they dont help me ill go with SP2 re-download.

PS. I need to know if i need to donload SP2 again will i love any files from my current PC?
And thank for How to obtain the latest Windows Vista service pack link but i cannot pick the one that i need...

ADDOriN said:

Ok ill first try CCleaner if not ill go with PrevX and if they dont help me ill go with SP2 re-download.

PS. I need to know if i need to donload SP2 again will i love any files from my current PC?
And thank for How to obtain the latest Windows Vista service pack link but i cannot pick the one that i need...

Click to expand...

When you do a new install, there will be two folders on your computer.

Windows - will contain your new files.
Windows.old - will contain your old files.

The old files will be kept in that folder inside your C:/ drive, so you can at any time go there to copy & paste the files onto your new drive. Its still strongly recommended to save your files in a back up or on USB/external hard drive.


For the service pack , you can use your own windows installation CD that came with your computer.

windows8 said:

ADDOriN said:

Ok ill first try CCleaner if not ill go with PrevX and if they dont help me ill go with SP2 re-download.

PS. I need to know if i need to donload SP2 again will i love any files from my current PC?
And thank for How to obtain the latest Windows Vista service pack link but i cannot pick the one that i need...

Click to expand...

When you do a new install, there will be two folders on your computer.

Windows - will contain your new files.
Windows.old - will contain your old files.

The old files will be kept in that folder inside your C:/ drive, so you can at any time go there to copy & paste the files onto your new drive. Its still strongly recommended to save your files in a back up or on USB/external hard drive.


For the service pack , you can use your own windows installation CD that came with your computer.

Click to expand...

Yes i have CD but im not sure if it have SP2 on it.

And one more question.
I understand the part with Windwos.old but which files exactly will be saved. Im asking because i have alot of games installed on my pc (im gamer) and i dont want to lose them all.

I can't assure you on this one, but I think that all of your 'program files', my downloads, my desktop, my documents, my pictures, etc. will all be saved.