language bar disappeared

I have a few east asian languages installed on my computer, and have relied
on the language bar (undocked) to switch between the languages. A few hours
ago, the bar just disappeared. Since then, I've restarted the computer twice,
and, both times, the bar shows up for a minute and I was able to click on the
settings button and I set it to dock in the taskbar, but as soon as I clicked
OK, the bar disappeared again.

I need to know if there is a way to bring the language bar back or if I'm
stuck without it, and, if I can't get it back, what are the shortcut keys to
toggling between languages?

Right-click your Desktop taskbar, and point to Toolbars. Is Language bar
listed? Has the Language bar been minimized, making it an icon on the
taskbar?

"Pandora" <Pandora@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E01AC16B-4CD7-4607-81B5-3CCBD965B019@microsoft.com...
>I have a few east asian languages installed on my computer, and have relied
> on the language bar (undocked) to switch between the languages. A few
> hours
> ago, the bar just disappeared. Since then, I've restarted the computer
> twice,
> and, both times, the bar shows up for a minute and I was able to click on
> the
> settings button and I set it to dock in the taskbar, but as soon as I
> clicked
> OK, the bar disappeared again.
>
> I need to know if there is a way to bring the language bar back or if I'm
> stuck without it, and, if I can't get it back, what are the shortcut keys
> to
> toggling between languages?

no, it's completely gone. It's no longer listed in the toolbar menu and isn't
an icon. But it still shows up when I do something that windows security
wants approval to do.

"dean-dean" wrote:

> Right-click your Desktop taskbar, and point to Toolbars. Is Language bar
> listed? Has the Language bar been minimized, making it an icon on the
> taskbar?
>
> "Pandora" <Pandora@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E01AC16B-4CD7-4607-81B5-3CCBD965B019@microsoft.com...
> >I have a few east asian languages installed on my computer, and have relied
> > on the language bar (undocked) to switch between the languages. A few
> > hours
> > ago, the bar just disappeared. Since then, I've restarted the computer
> > twice,
> > and, both times, the bar shows up for a minute and I was able to click on
> > the
> > settings button and I set it to dock in the taskbar, but as soon as I
> > clicked
> > OK, the bar disappeared again.
> >
> > I need to know if there is a way to bring the language bar back or if I'm
> > stuck without it, and, if I can't get it back, what are the shortcut keys
> > to
> > toggling between languages?
>

Have a look in

Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Keyboards and Languages
(tab) > Change Keyboards > General

and check that you have more than one language listed under Installed
Services.

Also check your options at

Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Keyboards and Languages
(tab) > Change Keyboards > Language Bar

eg the transparent or hidden options etc

--
Jon


"Pandora" <Pandora@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:51C595D2-4CD8-4D8B-88C5-ECD1DBA4B652@microsoft.com...
> no, it's completely gone. It's no longer listed in the toolbar menu and
> isn't
> an icon. But it still shows up when I do something that windows security
> wants approval to do.
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>
>> Right-click your Desktop taskbar, and point to Toolbars. Is Language bar
>> listed? Has the Language bar been minimized, making it an icon on the
>> taskbar?
>>
>> "Pandora" <Pandora@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E01AC16B-4CD7-4607-81B5-3CCBD965B019@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a few east asian languages installed on my computer, and have
>> >relied
>> > on the language bar (undocked) to switch between the languages. A few
>> > hours
>> > ago, the bar just disappeared. Since then, I've restarted the computer
>> > twice,
>> > and, both times, the bar shows up for a minute and I was able to click
>> > on
>> > the
>> > settings button and I set it to dock in the taskbar, but as soon as I
>> > clicked
>> > OK, the bar disappeared again.
>> >
>> > I need to know if there is a way to bring the language bar back or if
>> > I'm
>> > stuck without it, and, if I can't get it back, what are the shortcut
>> > keys
>> > to
>> > toggling between languages?
>>