Hi, I recently installed DesktopX a Stardock application, which I didn't find to my liking so I uninstalled it... ever since, each time I start up my pc the following happens:

1. normal boot up
   
2. sign in to my account
   
3. • my normal desktop background is gone
   • its now a black background
   • my documents window appears
   • NOTHING else happens... no taskbar... pressing windows logo key doesn't bring up menu... no nothing

What I have to do to fix this, is to:

1. bring up the task manager (thru ctrl+alt+delete)
2. choose to run a new task ''explorer.exe''
3. TADA...

just THEN do I get a normal boot of my desktop, applications, taskbar, etc...


I used spybot to check which applications ran when i started my system, none that I didn't have before... I also ran a scan on spybot, nothing...
Scanned with AVG8 Anti-Virus... nothing but cookie files.

This really pisses me off, starting my system and having to do a whole drill to make it start correctly.