Not able to open control panel

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From: larry (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/03/04


Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 08:55:19 -0700

Good place to start to run error checking on your hard
drive. Need help on it , Open help and support and search
for error checking.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hello,
>Lately my laptop, which is using Windows XP Pro, won't
>allow me to open the Control Panel. When I try to click
>on Control Panel, I just get a message stating that
>it "cannot create a shortcut here, would I like one to
be
>placed on the desktop instead?" If I select no, nothing
>happens, if I select yes, it places a shortcut on the
>desktop, but double-clicking on this shortcut does
>nothing. I have also noticed that most of the time, when
>I try to open My Computer, it actually opens the search
>window instead. Also, when I try using the Window key
>with "e" to open windows explorer, I get the
message "the
>parameter is incorrect". Any suggestions?
>Thanks in advance,
>Sean
>.
>



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