my start menu / panel is messed up


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Hey all

My start menu used to show my windows username at the top and it had a small white area in the same style as the bottom of the start menu. now for some reason theres a big black area all over it. I have no idea how this happened? It doesnt look that bad because im using a black visual style but take a look at the other screenshot with default xp theme, so ugly.:x

anyone know what could be causing this and how i could fix it?

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Did you happen to install a program before this happened? Also, have you tried rebooting your PC to see if it's still occurring?

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Did you happen to install a program before this happened? Also, have you tried rebooting your PC to see if it's still occurring?

no i didnt install install anything and its still there after rebooting. :(

i remember playing around with the properties of my wallpaper folder because it didnt preview/display the wallpapers i wanted it to but that cant really be what caused this right?

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first you need to figure it out if it is current user problem (HKEY_CURRENT_USER) or global. check with another user account. (create a new one) if you are still experiencing problems it might be "global" problem. (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT / or something dll related. in example; uxtheme.dll)

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