my taskbar is gone

[OssMan]

windows XP home edition, my little task bar at the bottom of the screen is gone. i think i hit something but i dont know what i hit, uh what do i do?

[Savio]

Oh yeah well the bar at the bottom of my internet explorer thing is gone.

[DS]

Savior: Open IE > View > Status Bar

AssMan: Hover your mouse on all sides of your screen to see if you moved it to a different side and it's hidden. If you find it right click and go to properties. Uncheck Auto-Hide the taskbar.

[OssMan]

Nope, wasn't there.
It acts as if the toolbar is there, it just isnt. The little centimeter of space where the toolbar should be is there, but it just shows my background. I cant click on it either.
I'm sure its just a temporary thing but w/e.

[DS]

You probably shrunk it. If there is that little tiny bar at the bottom then hover it until it is the 2 arrow icons <-> (that but vertical) and hold down and drag up.

[OssMan]

Well i restarted my comp and now its back