Toolbar(s) Disappeared

[snowblossom]

Have you considered whether all this backup of registry keys is worth your time?

I've been pondering the same thing today, especially considering my lack of understanding of the steps, consequences, and what it all involves.

I don't know what exactly you're trying to accomplish.

As I stated in my very first post, I was trying to restore my missing menu and toolbars. I would like the least loss of UI settings and playlists. I was trying to avoid having to set everything back up, as I do a bit of customization to help with tagging. It is quite time consuming. I was being as cautious as possible.

I've had several computer crashes. There either were no backups, the backups were corrupted, or the installer couldn't figure out how to restore the databases and settings. (They even asked here! I asked here too!!) It gets pretty tiresome trying to rebuild all your playlists and restore lost settings. For me, it would take more than 5 minutes to restore everything. I'd rather spend the time being ultra-conservative, rather than deleting and reinstalling, if I can prevent it, as that seems like the last resort. And what if I haven't backed up the correct database and ini files? What if they don't restore properly? Then I'm sunk. I just can't bear to go thru all this again. While I undertand its easy to delete and reinstall, if data is lost, then it will cost countless hours restoring it all back.

I just don't understand some of the tech abbreviations and directions that have been given here. I AM willing to ask questions and learn. I CAN come up to speed. (Well, as much as a novice can.) I don't mean to waste everyone's time. The bottom line is: I just don't want to lose my data and settings again. Once I push the button to delete MM, there's no going back.

[nohitter151]

Once I push the button to delete MM, there's no going back.

If you do what I said earlier, all you're doing is resetting the MediaMonkey layout back to the default. Your library and playlists are not going to be affected in the least.

[snowblossom]

If you do what I said earlier, all you're doing is resetting the MediaMonkey layout back to the default. Your library and playlists are not going to be affected in the least.

After hitting more walls with the suggestions from others, I took a leap of faith and followed nohitter's instructions, (although I felt much better knowing I had done everything I could to prepare).

Here's the results: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/46 ... tored.png/

When I revisit regedit.exe, it looks a littke bare, but I think rovingcowboy said that would fill in when I next update/install. Is that correct?

At least the menu and toolbar are back. Hurrah!!! Let's hope there's no fallout from this.

Thanks for everyone's patience and assistance. Sorry I wasn't more trusting to jump off the cliff at first try. With my computer track record, I have to be most careful. I hope you understand.

[rovingcowboy]

Yep i see they are showing i really hope you got the playlists, and your song data back too.
Yes when the program does something that needs a hotkey in the registry if none is there it will remake it.

[snowblossom]

Thanks, Keith. You, along with many others, have been most helpful, patient and supportive.

And just when I was about to throw in the towel with MM . . .

[rovingcowboy]

Well we're all here to help i'm glad you got you music back now you can start with your healing mood playlists again. Also you now are not so scared of snakes in the cave of the registry anymore.

And we all got a new member that can help others with registry stuff,

[snowblossom]

. . . i really hope you got the playlists, and your song data back too.

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Drats! That's the one thing I forgot to note -- each of my playlists' names and # of songs.

But I do see playlists! Some are empty or look a little bare, though. Hmmm . . . .

And we all got a new member that can help others with registry stuff

Oh, no. Not me. I'll leave it to you experts.

[rovingcowboy]

Expert? Me? Not me i'm only an advanced user. Rusty, jiri, peke, ludek,petrcbr they are experts, the otheres are advanced users with more skills then me, i never touched a computer untill 1997 didnt even know what a link was when some one told me to go to a link. I sent back a email to them that said WHAT?.

Was so newbie i got sunburned from the monitor light.
Took me 6 months to learn how to download a file.
Took me 6 weeks watching a guru by name of leo laporte on cable tv show to learn how to do most other stuff. Sadly that cable channel is defunked now. Help though can be found at lockergnome.net for any other computer errors, chris prillio and the members there are good at computers also, chris was a host on that cable tv channel for awhile too. You can ask here too we'll try to help on the other errors if we can.

But you see experts all around me, i remember what i can or ask them again, some times though i got things fixed by uncommon ways they didnt think worked but i'm just dumb enough to try them.

So if i can do this then if you can thread a needle you can do this stuff on the computer too just might take more to learn programming then needle and thread.

[nohitter151]

. . . i really hope you got the playlists, and your song data back too.

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Drats! That's the one thing I forgot to note -- each of my playlists' names and # of songs.

But I do see playlists! Some are empty or look a little bare, though. Hmmm . . . .

Allow me to reiterate... there is absolutely nothing you can do in the MM registry that is going to change your library, playlists, etc. in any way.

[chrisjj]

I don't know what exactly you're trying to accomplish. It takes 5 minutes at worst to restore MediaMonkey from a default layout to your preferred layout.

I think that might be true if you are an expert and can even remember where to find the places to make the settings. But not otherwise.

[nohitter151]

I don't know what exactly you're trying to accomplish. It takes 5 minutes at worst to restore MediaMonkey from a default layout to your preferred layout.

I think that might be true if you are an expert and can even remember where to find the places to make the settings. But not otherwise.

I'm strictly talking about the layout, eg. toolbars, panels, etc. All of that is pretty much drag & drop...

[chrisjj]

I'm strictly talking about the layout, eg. toolbars, panels, etc.

Whereas the user with the problem is taking about all UI settings.

[nohitter151]

I'm strictly talking about the layout, eg. toolbars, panels, etc.

Whereas the user with the problem is taking about all UI settings.

Actually, no. Thread title is "Toolbar(s) disappeared".

[chrisjj]

Actually, no. Thread title is "Toolbar(s) disappeared".

Actually yes NH. You have to read a little more - like the actual body of the message:

I would like the least loss of UI settings

[nohitter151]

Your argument is futile, OP already attempted my suggestion and it solved his issue without negative consequences.