RE: Control Panel "Power Options" causes exception error

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"ne1scott" wrote:


On a WinXP Pro SP3 Sony Vaio laptop computer I receive an exception
error whenever I try to run "Power Options" from the control panel. I
have tried manually running powercfg.cpl as well. I have replaced
powercfg.cpl, powercfg.exe, and powrprof.dll with files from my WinXP
Pro SP3 desktop computer. The file sizes and versions were the same so
I though replacing them might help. The problem has not changed. I can
run other .cpl programs via START|RUN|filename.cpl <ENTER> but just not
powercfg.cpl. If I connect to the machine over the network domain as an
administrator and doubleclick the powercfg.cpl file of the remote
machine it runs the "Power Options" screen just fine.

The exact error message is <An exception occurred while trying to run
"shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL "C:\WINDOWS\system32\powercfg.cpl",">

I'm willing to replace files, edit the registry, or whatever it takes
to get it fixed without reloading the OS.


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