Start Menu Not Working???

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Well guys here's the deal:

I restarted my comp one day and it the start menu wouldn't load, wouldn't load at all. I ctrl+alt+del and it said explorer.exe was using 99 of my processor... it stayed like that to.... Anyways my start menu(thats the start menu and the whole bar across the bottom of the screen) would never work. Whenever I pointed my mouse over the menu or bar it would always have an hour-glass. I was just wondering what is wrong?? I had to use all my programs from ctrl+alt+del which is exactly what I am doing right now.. But I want my start menu back!! lol... can anyone help me?
 
Does it only happen when you start up? What happens if you boot & leave it alone for a while........a long while?
 
I have tried leaving it forever and when I start up it just does the same thing... What should I do re-install windows?
 
I would first try to disable startup applications from msconfig. Maybe one of the programs sitting in the systray is the culprit.
 
Try task manager and see if it shows anything strange.
Make a new tool bar and use it for the task bar.
Good luck.
 

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