Missing desktop in Windows - ways to solve the problem

One of the most common signs of virus interference is the missing desktop. Rather, he himself is, but you will not see either the taskbar with the "Start" button or the shortcuts that launch the applications - only the background image. In general, the desktop is missing!

The easiest way to treat this malfunction is to roll back to the previous restore point. To do this, press Cltrl + Alt + Del. In the opened dispatcher it is necessary to select the item "New task" from the "File" menu. In the drop-down menu, type the path to rstrui.exe (recovery wizard) located in the system directory C: \ windows \ system32 \ restore \. After completing this simple operation, press the "OK" button.

The System Restore Wizard appears , where you will have to select the desired recovery point (choose the date when everything was in order). Reboot. If the virus program belongs to the simple category, then everything should turn out. And the next time you reboot, you will see the previous desktop. A virus has now disappeared, which can not prevent the shell from being loaded.

But it happens that maliciously blocked the start of the task manager. This is also not a problem. Just at boot, after the POST test procedure, you just need to press F8 and choose from the many options, among which you can get lost, "Safe Mode" (with the default boot) instead of the shell command line. After that, you need to type explorer. The shell must boot. While this is enough. After we go to the "Run" menu and drive there the previous path to the system restore points wizard.

After the above operations, you should clean the system with any common antivirus with the latest signature databases.

The above method is applicable for the optimal scenario when you have recovery points in your system. If the corresponding service was stopped immediately after the installation of the OS (as recommended in the articles on optimizing Windows), then none of the above methods is not suitable for you. The problem of "missing desktop" for you in the previous way is unresolved. But there is a way out of this situation. Let's look at a more complex algorithm.
This method will perfectly help to cope with the problem of "lost desktop". Windows XP, Vista, 7 - operating systems, for which this method of solving the problem perfectly suits. The regedit command starts the registry editor. We look for the useinit.exe, explorer.exe sections, as well as the vital winlogon.exe file located in the following registry hive - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE subkey, then select Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion, select the next level - Image File Execution Options. If the sections are present, then safely delete them. The same is done with explorer.exe if it is present on the HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Devices registry path.

Then check the values of the following parameters, the correct definitions are given in parentheses: Shell (explorer.exe), Userinit (logonui.exe), ULhost (C: \ WINDOWS \ system32 \ userinit.exe,) for this path - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE registry hive subkey . Then you should select Microsoft. Go to the Windows NT subdirectory. Well, in the subsection CurrentVersion, find Winlogon. We bring the keys to the correct state, and with the problem of "lost desktop" you can say goodbye. Put a good antivirus. And for surfing the network, use a more reliable browser (Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox).

If you often have to clean the system of the consequences of running malicious software, it's best to use the AVZ utility, which allows you to clean up the startup (choose "Service", in the drop-down menu we open the "Startup Manager").

The fact that the unwanted program will not be able to interfere with the editing of autoloading is guaranteed by the AVZGuard and AVZPM functions that block the launch of untrusted applications while AVZ is running with the registry.

After the work is completed, you can restore the registry-modified registry keys using the standard procedure that is available in all operating systems since Windows XP - "System Restore" (located in the file menu, there you can get rid of the remnants of the "lost desktop" problem).

You can also use the automated search and destruction of malicious software. Just put the "checkbox" "Perform treatment" (as an action, specify "Delete"). We select the system folders on the disk, the check of which is critical (system Windows, directories, where the malware can still be hiding - "Documents and Settings" and "Program Files").

On the "File Types" tab, you can also choose which ones to check (all or only potentially dangerous ones). In addition, you can set the heuristic level on the "Search Parameters" tab. After all settings have been completed, click "Start". The length of the scan depends on which heuristic level was selected, and how many files were selected as objects for cleaning.