Task bar on Win98 giving me problems

i like pencils · 07-28-2006, 03:33 PM

Hello there
i have a very strange problem... whenever i minimize a program, it appears on the desktop's task bar... BUT recently, whenever i minimize any microsoft office program, it does not show and i have problems getting my files back

Any helpful ideas?

**OldGrayGary** · 07-30-2006, 12:37 AM

If your version of Office provides the option to "repair" it's current installation, you can try that as a first step.

Since the taskbar works fine for all other programs except for MS Office - it sounds more like a compatibility issue or a wayward preference setting.

If the taskbar worked fine in the past, and this problem is completely new, and you haven't made any hardware/software changes recently, you could also try restoring a backup copy of the Registry from before this problem popped up. Boot with either a bootable Win98 floppy diskette, or with a Windows CD "Start computer with CD-rom support" . . . and from the A:> prompt, type

scanreg /restore

... and choose a date from before the MS Office programs went AWOL from the taskbar.

Best of luck
. . . Gary

07-28-2006, 03:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
i like pencils Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8 OS: XP	Task bar on Win98 giving me problems Hello there i have a very strange problem... whenever i minimize a program, it appears on the desktop's task bar... BUT recently, whenever i minimize any microsoft office program, it does not show and i have problems getting my files back Any helpful ideas?

07-30-2006, 12:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
OldGrayGary Mentor, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Woodland Hills, CA Posts: 2,240 OS: Windows 98se/2000/XP/Vista	If your version of Office provides the option to "repair" it's current installation, you can try that as a first step. Since the taskbar works fine for all other programs except for MS Office - it sounds more like a compatibility issue or a wayward preference setting. If the taskbar worked fine in the past, and this problem is completely new, and you haven't made any hardware/software changes recently, you could also try restoring a backup copy of the Registry from before this problem popped up. Boot with either a bootable Win98 floppy diskette, or with a Windows CD "Start computer with CD-rom support" . . . and from the A:> prompt, type scanreg /restore ... and choose a date from before the MS Office programs went AWOL from the taskbar. Best of luck . . . Gary