try this for the black toolbar Black toolbar in IE8 on the top of your toolbar right click and select to show menu bar and any other of the missing bars you are not currently showing. The menu bar and the toolbar are missing in Internet Explorer on Windows Vista or Windows XP or in Windows Explorer on Windows XP

lotodig- Just so you're more confident, I've re-booted my computer many times over the years using the technique I've described. Several times, for example, my cursor has frozen so I couldn't navigate to do anything, such as re-boot normally. I didn't always know why some problem was happening, but I did know that the power button re-boot would not make anything worse. Usually the only time you can have a problem is if you decide to do a re-boot/re-start of any kind in the middle of some major activity where you are making changes to the computer, such as installing updates or doing a defragmentation. However, in the other 99.9% of cases, all you're doing is cleaning out the RAM of some unexplained little problem and starting fresh.

I would also like to turn the menu off in the garden forums. It is so far for me The most annoying feature on the site. Perhaps if it would not move around while navigating menu would be tolerable.

Try these https://www.top-password.com/blog/fix-windows-taskbar-and-start-button-disappeared/