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let me see if i understand you correctly, you got on the computer to write a letter or email or something, and there was no start menu? and this happened after last night when you deleted items that spybot detected? Try hitting the windows logo key on your keyboard. does the start menu appear? If so, your windows start menu is hiding. So, to keep it from doing this, right click any area on the start menu and click properties. uncheck the hide start menu option and click apply and ok. It's possible that maybe your start menu is auto hiding, or your screen resolution is off. Meaning that you cant see everything on the screen. If you can get to the start menu, or control panel, look for a system restore option, choose a restore point before last night, and see if that fixes the problem. ok? get back to me and let me know.