Originally posted by U2NickDon't worry, thanks for taking your time to respond. So Drew, can you help?
I certainly can try my best.
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Enabling AutoPlay in Windows Vista Home Basic / Premium / Business / Ultimate
When AutoPlay used to come up (if ever), I'd check the following: Click the Start orb (left-hand corner), click Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > AutoPlay.
To turn it on, click the 'Use AutoPlay for all media and devices' box and click Save. It should then work.
Missing icons and start bar in Windows Vista Home Basic / Premium / Business / Ultimate
Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete and choose Task Manager. Click File > New and type explorer.exe - that should bring them back and if they stay you can certainly try this:
Go to Start and type regedit.exe and in the results, right-click regedit.exe and select the Run As Administrator option - if User Account Control comes up press Continue or type your password. Now, in the registry editor, navigate to the following Key.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
With the Winlogon key selected, look in the right side window for the 'Shell" value. Double click Shell. In the Value Data box, you should see Explorer.exe and nothing else. If anything else is in that box, change it to Explorer.exe and click OK.
Exit the registry editor and restart the computer.
You could also try a Windows Repair or a System Restore
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