A Question That NEEDS Answering

Misaklo · Post by **Misaklo** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:26 pm

hi guys. recently my computer has lost its start bar. yes its the wierdest thing i've ever heard but it happened and needs fixing. my mom thinks it might have something to do with silkroad and she wants mme to uninstall it then reinstall it if i really must (which i do).i want to know: if i uninstall it then reinstall it do i lose the character i've been working on?

i would also like any help you can give about where my bar might have gone, even if it isn't game related maybe some1 has had the same problem.

thx alot guy ANY HEP AT ALL will be greatly appreiciated.

Moogie · Post by **Moogie** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:39 pm

Silkroad will have no effect on whether your startbar is visible or not. No game will. I hate it when parents have that strange illusion that they actually know anything about computers.

Uninstalling or reinstalling the game will not delete your character. Character data is stored server-side to prevent hacking and any accidental loss like that.

One thing I would ask first about your start bar is, when you press the Windows key on your keyboard, does the start menu show? If so, it may just be that you've resized it downwards so that it's no longer visible. Try moving your pointer to the bottom edge of the screen and see if you can 'grab' the border and drag it up. Another case may be that you've set the start bar to auto-hide, and in this case simply moving your pointer to the lower edge of the screen should make it appear.

If this doesn't help, open up Control Panel and doubleclick "Taskbar and Start Menu". If "Lock the taskbar" is checked, uncheck it. If "Auto-hide" is checked, uncheck it. Now, if you apply the settings and click OK, and then move the pointer down and try dragging the border up, it should work.

If this doesn't work, the disappearance is not due to user-error and may be related to something more serious, such as a virus. Scan your computer for trojans and other malware and make sure everything is clean. Make sure to reboot after you do this.

Note that your start bar may not be at the bottom edge of the screen. Windows allows it to be positioned against any border. So if all else fails, look carefully at the sides and the top of the screen to see if maybe it's been moved there.

d0 · Post by d0 » Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:58 pm

Moogie,

I've never read a guide about the start bar written so eloquently.

I don't think there's anything not covered 0.o

Misaklo · Post by **Misaklo** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:11 pm

thx alot it isn't hidden or anything like that i don't think but i'll try everything you put i may have found the thing myself in the taskbar menu. i beleive you need to enter in an admisitrative position to change certain things like this because for me it only says : acess denied along with that it didn't work.

thanks alot it was WAY more than i expected and it rocks

thx alot

Monition · Post by **Monition** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 5:14 pm

the fastest way to check, is to do what Moogie said: Click on your Windows key.

that should be the first thing you try. If it shows, then we're all good, it's probably just some minor mistake somewhere.

if it doesn't...

Bakemaster · Post by **Bakemaster** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 5:43 pm

I always use Ctrl-Esc instead of the Windows key, myself. Once in a while it seems that the Windows key just doesn't work. Or maybe I'm imagining it and I'm just stuck back in the days when there was no windows key.

Ah, nostalgia - anyone ever use CHOMP, by any chance, instead of cls?