Quite often, situations arise when the user sees that he has lost the XP language bar . Therefore, it will be very useful to familiarize yourself with the basic ways to resolve this small problem.
First of all, you should right-click on the Windows taskbar located at the bottom of the desktop. In the menu that opens, select the "Taskbar" section and see if the checkmark is checked next to the "Language bar" item. If it is not, then you just need to activate this setting with the left mouse button.
If this simplest method did not help, then the user did not just lose the language bar icon, but the service that is responsible for displaying it in the system does not work. In this case, you need to go to the “Control Panel” and select the section “Language and Regional Standards”. Next, click on the tab “Languages” and “More”. The keyboard layouts involved in the system will be visible in the window that opens, and the “Language bar” key will be below. By clicking on it, you can see the active settings. If the checkbox is not selected in the "Display ..." field, then the user, as a rule, just needs to put it there in order to have access to control this option from the desktop.
However, situations where the XP language bar disappeared may also be related to disabling one important system function. In such cases, the "Language bar" button will be inactive, and the user will need to go to the "Advanced" tab, where you need to deselect the checkbox next to "Turn off additional text ..."
The methods described above will help in cases where the Ctfmon.exe system file, which is responsible for displaying the language bar in Windows, is not corrupted. If the situation when the XP language bar disappeared is caused by the fact that this element of the system is deleted or modified, then it will be necessary to restore it. Problems with this file may be the result of a system failure or the presence of a virus on the user's computer.
In such cases, you must first find out if Ctfmon.exe is on the computer. You can find it in the "system32" directory, which is located in the Windows folder. If it could not be found there, then it is necessary to find and install. There are several ways to do this:
- download on the Internet;
- copy from the system where it is;
- put the boot disk into the drive and write “sfc / SCANNOW” in the command line.
The latter method will help not only to solve the problem that caused the XP language bar to disappear, but also in many other cases, since the system will check for the presence of all its important elements.
After you have restored the file, you need to restart the computer. Typically, Ctfmon.exe launches the language bar on Windows startup, and then continues to work in the background. To check the availability of the corresponding process, you need to use the task manager, which can be started by pressing the buttons Cntrl + Alt + Del. If the desired process is not in the list, enter Ctfmon.exe in the command line and click “OK”, which will activate the desired service.
It should be noted that the causes and methods of struggle are similar for other versions of Windows, so if the user has lost the Vista or Seven language bar, then the steps described above will help to fix this problem.