Blank desktop

[Teabag]

Something odd is happening! When I am using Windows media player (v10) I notice that the destop screen behind loses its icons and the taskbar along the bottom. The picture is still there but nothing else. This has happened about a dozen times recently. I have tried all the obvious things to get the icons and taskbar to reappear, but nothing seems to work, right clicking the mouse doesn't even bring up a box, nor do any keyboard strokes. All I can do is restart (ctrl+alt+del still brings up task manager). Any ideas anyone?

[yellowjohn]

how about downloading the latest media player from microsoft which should reinstall any lost files ect.Or doing a system restore to when it was working ok.quite obvious answers i know but sorry it's all i can think of.

[Teabag]

Hi yellowjohn, already done the restore but still seems to be acting up. Don't want to go back too far as I'll have too much to re-install! Re-installing media player sounds like a good idea, I'll do it and see if it helps. Many thanks for your help