Why did my menu bar items dissappear? please help

my menu bar items such as wireless, time, and battery life even spot light are not showing anymore, i installed applejack and it did nothing, i tried going into prefrences i click on adding them to the menu bar, but the check mark disappears after 5 sec and nothing shows up, please help any ideas

Did you try just logging out and back in. While you can go into menu extras and start double clicking desired menu items I think doing that way may not be permanent. You should go to the individual System Preferences and make sure the appropriate checkboxes are set to place that prefrences in the menu.

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