Windows XP, the Input method icon will be inexplicably lost, but there is no "input method" in the Control Panel, input method can not be converted, the Input method icon is missing, mainly because the Ctfmon.exe file was damaged by the virus, computer knowledge at this time can be tried as follows:
Input method cannot switch workaround 1: Click the right mouse button in the taskbar, pop-up shortcut menu, move the mouse to the toolbar, pop-up submenu to see if the "Language bar" has been selected, if not checked, click to select the Language bar, the general display of Input method icon. You can also run Ctfmon.exe first, you can see your input method icon!
IME cannot switch workaround 2: Click "start → settings → control Panel" in turn open Control Panel, click Date, time, language, and locale in Control Panel, click Language and regional Settings, pop-up the Language and Regional Settings dialog box, click the Language tab, and in the text services and input languages Click the Details button to eject the text services and Input Language dialog box. Click the Advanced tab, under System Configuration, remove the check mark in front of the close Advanced text service (see the comment below, select the "Close Language bar"), click OK, and the input icon will come back.
IME cannot switch workaround 3: Point "start → run", type "msconfig", click OK or enter, run System Configuration Utility, select "Ctfmon.exe" in "Startup", click "OK", and then log off or restart should be OK. This is because Ctfmon.exe controls alternative User input Text Processor (TIP) and Microsoft Office Language bar, providing support for speech recognition, handwriting recognition, keyboard, translation, and other user input technologies. This program does not start will also cause the Input method icon does not display.
Finally, there is no Input method icon, you can use the shortcut key to operate the input method. Ctrl+space (space bar) is in the Chinese and English to switch between the input method, press the Ctrl+shift key combination can be displayed in turn the system installed input method.