Unfortunately, I have gotten reports of the 'running programs' area going away. I have no real idea of how it happens, but, clearly, it does. Restoring, while not obvious, is not hard. It appears to only need a registry change and a restart of Windows Explorer. Kelly Theriot, a Microsoft MVP, has a set of tweaks available. They're fairly light on documentation, and perhaps even a bit techie if you want to understand them. On the scroll down to item #240, and click on 'Programs Aren't Minimized in the Taskbar'.

Jun 20, 2005 Why don't running programs show in my taskbar? And click on 'Programs Aren't Minimized in the Taskbar'. Annoyance of missing buttons to switch. Today when I was using the computer as usual, the running applications and pinned application icons which normally appear in the taskbar were gone suddenly.

That will run, or download, a 'vbs' (VBScript) program which will, after confirming, reset the Taskbar's properties. Note that several other aspects of the Taskbar will also be reset to their default states, but you should get your 'running programs' area back. Article - June 21, 2005. Tiffany October 11, 2005 9:47 AM Hi, kelly's webpage really helps a lot of friends. But at the page itself it wrote 'NOTE: If your anti-virus software warns you of a 'malicious' script, this is normal if you have 'Script Safe' or similar technology enabled. These scripts are not malicious, but they do make changes to the System Registry.

' When the script start running, the norton anti-virus prompt me that it is malicious and it is high risk. Electronic Fundamentals Floyd 8th Edition. So shall i contiune running the script? Anyone had this problem too? Alan March 24, 2006 3:57 PM I got the same problem so I was brought to this site thru googling.

The script didn't work in my computer and I couldn't figure out why. There was no instruction too in Kelly's corner on how to make them work if, after double-clickinig the script, a pop-up notification would read 'THERE IS NO SCRIPT ENGINE FOR FILE EXTENSION '.VBS.' I envied those guys who made positive comments about the tweek. I again did the googling thing and learned that if the *.vbs won't work, we have to rename the file exntension from *.vbs to *.vbe. The problem has been fixed! And to those who are about to encounter the same problem about the tweek, hope this post would help! Finally, A BIG THANKS to you Leo, and of course, to Kelly's corner.

You guys are among the 'HEROES in the web.' I will surely recommend your sites and bookmark them. Again, thanks and regards!!! Ales Raidl March 24, 2006 5:48 PM Thanks Leo, I have the same problem - my running programs disappear from taskbar.