Re: Control panel icons not working?
From: Don (don_at_nohope.com)
Date: 10/27/04
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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:01:15 +0100
Thanks for your input Don, I have been searching for a week for a fix, as
you say there does not appear to be one as yet. How ever, I have done my own
"work around" which seems to have done the trick. After creating an Image of
my root drive, I did something most might find strange.
First, I use the winxp pro CD to do a repair installation without first
removing SP2, which I suppose takes it back to before SP1, I did not use the
repair option in the Recovery console, but the second repair option.
Second, I had some trouble with USB2 controllers, but worked that out. Then
reinstalled SP2 (from the free CD) over the top of all that. Had a good
clear out of any junk I could find as a result of all that, and now my
system is running sweet as a nut.
This is not a fix, and I will keep looking for a fix, but it is better than
a reinstall and all my software and hardware is working fine, nothing lost,
no software, no files, nadda. I dont believe this is a Windows Explorer
problem at all, something else is happening here, but I cannot be sure of
that.
Thanks for your help, And I hope my input will help point someone cleverer
than me in the right direction for a proper solution.
Don
"Don Taylor" <dont@agora.rdrop.com> wrote in message
news:u9KdnYS_M_5GBeDcRVn-oA@scnresearch.com...
> "Don" <don@nohope.com> writes:
>>As the subject says plus right clicking on My Computer and selecting
>>properties not working, right clicking on Internet Explorer (desktop not
>>quick launch) and selecting properties not working. Same with display and
>>My
>>Network Places. Any suggestions?
>>Have run Adaware SE, Spybot search and destroy and AVG antivrus, all
>>updated.
>
> If you have recently installed SP2 on your computer then
> there have been a string of folks reporting very similar problems
> to what you are reporting. Some find that anything which uses
> Windows Explorer (Recycle bin, folder shortcuts, control panel,
> etc) all have a similar problem. Some find that right clicks are
> their major problem. Some find any click. Some find it crashes
> on open. Some find it refuses any clicks. There are some claims
> but I've been scanning the thousands of postings on SP2 and I don't
> think you will find any with "the fix" for this, at least yet.
>
> But, some find it will work when you boot in safe mode.
>
> And, some find it will work when you create a new user and switch
> to that user to try it.
>
> One of those might be a temporary work-around till you get an answer.
>
> Some claim it is all spyware and viruses but I haven't seen any
> posting that confirmed this for the Windows Explorer problem. I
> carefully and repeatedly checked, no viruses or spyware and my
> windows explorer locks up every time. <<<Late breaking news, after
> hundreds of people reporting this problem, ONE person did let me
> know that trendmicro actually found a WORM_SDDROP.A virus/worm, he
> removed that and it appeared to solve his problem, so that's 10,000
> times people chanting "it's all viruses and spyware" and one correct
> diagnosis>>>
>
> Some claim it is all "bad applications" like Divx or Spy Sweeper
> being installed that is responsible for this, a few people have
> confirmed this but others have these and have no problem, most
> reporting the problem don't have these and still have the problem.
> I don't have either and it locks up every time.
>
> Some claim it is all "ShellExtensions", little accessory gadgets
> that sort of script extra cute features. The advice for that is
> to install free ShellExView and to try (carefully) disabling these
> features one at a time, if turning one off doesn't do anything then
> turn it back on and try again. I did that with all 75 at once and
> it made no difference at all. Two people have reported that
> disabling one extension he had did appear to fix their problem.
>
> You can escalate to Microsoft, go to
> http://support.microsoft.com/windowsxpsp2
> and give them all the details and clues and patterns you can find.
> There is no guarantee that their analysis or directions will be
> correct or even not make it worse. They told me I must "have some
> corrupted files, repair windows back to install state and then
> reinstall SP2 twice while in Safe mode." Before I did that someone
> posted the "switch user" workaround that let me get by temporarily.
> I sent email saying that if it worked for one user then it seemed
> less likely it was "some corrupted files" and asked if they still
> wanted me to blow windows away. They have not reponded to that in
> a number of days now. But I can imagine what it is like inside
> now.
>
> I hope something in this helps someone. But it appears that the
> large majority of people never get a fix for the "Windows Explorer"
> problem. If someone tells you to try something and it doesn't help
> then please make a posting so we can start accumulating what
> suggestions don't do any good. And if someone tells you something
> that does work then please report it.
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