Ok so heres the deal. Somehow Explorer got corrupted and Norton decided (no this is not my comp) to delete it.

So under tasks I have no "explorer.exe" running and thus, the background is the only thing that loads on my computer. I can also use task manager to navigate and view the registry. Before you go and google "this question" please take into consideration ive already tried these methods

*most of the stuff in REGEDIT involving deleting explorer, restarting it etc etc.

*Microsoft file verification tool

As it stands I cannot even locate a valid explorer file and have spent way too long trying to figure this out and need some help. I would be eternally grateful to anyone who can help, thanks

*system restore was disabled

* at the moment i do not have acess to a similar console