Getting a blank desktop

When I sign into my profile I get the standard wallpaper with no icons any ideas on how to fix this. I can log into other profiles on the machine just fine and see everything. when I log into the main profile it lets me log in but I get no icons, no taskbar at the top or nothing. I can move the mouse cursor everywhere though......
please help

thanks I ran the startup cd and fixed the issue.....
thanks alot though

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