Vista - No icons on the taskbar

Has anyone else had an issue with the taskbar icons disappearing in Windows
Vista Beta 2. I no longer have the system tray icons nor do my opened
programs appear on the taskbar. I have tried restarting and the problem
remains. Everything else is running fine and the problem occurred suddenly
(i.e., not after software/driver install).

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Hi Chrick,

Open regedit, delete this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2

Reboot, see if it helps.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Chrick" <Chrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0D1D4BAE-670D-4A0F-96E1-C471814E19AF@microsoft.com...
> Has anyone else had an issue with the taskbar icons disappearing in
> Windows
> Vista Beta 2. I no longer have the system tray icons nor do my opened
> programs appear on the taskbar. I have tried restarting and the problem
> remains. Everything else is running fine and the problem occurred
> suddenly
> (i.e., not after software/driver install).
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks

Rick,

That worked! Thanks for the suggestion and the fix.

Chris


"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi Chrick,
>
> Open regedit, delete this key:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2
>
> Reboot, see if it helps.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Chrick" <Chrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0D1D4BAE-670D-4A0F-96E1-C471814E19AF@microsoft.com...
> > Has anyone else had an issue with the taskbar icons disappearing in
> > Windows
> > Vista Beta 2. I no longer have the system tray icons nor do my opened
> > programs appear on the taskbar. I have tried restarting and the problem
> > remains. Everything else is running fine and the problem occurred
> > suddenly
> > (i.e., not after software/driver install).
> >
> > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
>
>

Rick,

That worked. Icons and open windows are now showing up on the Taskbar.

Thanks!

Chris

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi Chrick,
>
> Open regedit, delete this key:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2
>
> Reboot, see if it helps.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Chrick" <Chrick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0D1D4BAE-670D-4A0F-96E1-C471814E19AF@microsoft.com...
> > Has anyone else had an issue with the taskbar icons disappearing in
> > Windows
> > Vista Beta 2. I no longer have the system tray icons nor do my opened
> > programs appear on the taskbar. I have tried restarting and the problem
> > remains. Everything else is running fine and the problem occurred
> > suddenly
> > (i.e., not after software/driver install).
> >
> > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
>
>

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OGZQQZmpGHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi Chrick,
>
> Open regedit, delete this key:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2
>
> Reboot, see if it helps.

Hi Rick, what is that key for?