Office Shortcut Bar Disappears

[larry123]

Greetings all,

Office 2000 Pro running on an XP Pro box.

The shortcut bar does a disappearing act whenever I have all my apps and
windows minimized. That is, when the desktop is displayed, the Shortcut bar
does NOT display. As soon as I restore a minimized window, the Shortcut bar
reaappears, like magic!

Is this "normal" behavior? (I hope not.) If not, what's the fix?

Note: I'm running on a brand new box with a fresh install of XP Pro and
Office 2000. However, the shortcut bar exibited this behavior on my old
Windows 2000 box, too.

Thanks for your help.

Larry123

 

[larry123]

Won't someone please help? Or at least point me in the right direction?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Have you tried Detect and Repair from the Help Menu of any Office program?

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the SWEN virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, larry123 asked:

| Won't someone please help? Or at least point me in the right
| direction?
|
|
| || Greetings all,
||
|| Office 2000 Pro running on an XP Pro box.
||
|| The shortcut bar does a disappearing act whenever I have all my apps
|| and windows minimized. That is, when the desktop is displayed, the
|| Shortcut bar does NOT display. As soon as I restore a minimized
|| window, the Shortcut bar reaappears, like magic!
||
|| Is this "normal" behavior? (I hope not.) If not, what's the fix?
||
|| Note: I'm running on a brand new box with a fresh install of XP Pro
|| and Office 2000. However, the shortcut bar exibited this behavior on
|| my old Windows 2000 box, too.
||
|| Thanks for your help.
||
|| Larry123

 

[S Kimbrough]

I put a shortcut to the bar on the desktop so when it disappears, I can just
click the shortcut to get it back. Works great in XP but wasn't so sucessful
in 98.

 

[larry123]

After some more digging around, the problem seems to be tied to the OSA.exe
agent. If it's not running, then the Shortcut bar does the disappearing act.

I have reluctantly added OSA.exe back into my startup commands.

Thanks for your help Milly.

 

[larry123]

Not a fix, but a good workaround. Thanks for the idea.

 

[larry123]

I lied.

OSA is not the culprit. The problem continues, even with OSA running. It's a
bug, Mr. Gates.

Larry123

After some more digging around, the problem seems to be tied to the OSA.exe
agent. If it's not running, then the Shortcut bar does the disappearing act.

I have reluctantly added OSA.exe back into my startup commands.

Thanks for your help Milly.


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"

wrote in message news:[email protected]...

Have you tried Detect and Repair from the Help Menu of any Office program?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the SWEN virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, larry123 asked:

| Won't someone please help? Or at least point me in the right
| direction?
|
|
| || Greetings all,
||
|| Office 2000 Pro running on an XP Pro box.
||
|| The shortcut bar does a disappearing act whenever I have all my apps
|| and windows minimized. That is, when the desktop is displayed, the
|| Shortcut bar does NOT display. As soon as I restore a minimized
|| window, the Shortcut bar reaappears, like magic!
||
|| Is this "normal" behavior? (I hope not.) If not, what's the fix?
||
|| Note: I'm running on a brand new box with a fresh install of XP Pro
|| and Office 2000. However, the shortcut bar exibited this behavior on
|| my old Windows 2000 box, too.
||
|| Thanks for your help.
||
|| Larry123