Re: Control Panel won't open

Nice one Galen, that did the trick! :-)
The only foriegn file was a QickTime read me file which so far doesn't seem
to have affected the running of that program. It has been saved if
complications reveal themselves later though.

Thanks greatly for your help.

"Galen" wrote:

> In news:E3B4FDBD-06B6-4C5B-9E72-06C90ACE029D@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> ShadowSteala <ShadowSteala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
> > Galen,
> >
> > Thanks for your assistance.
> > Unfortunately it didn't work.
> > I used Adaware 6, Spybot S&D, and SwatIt.
> > I also have Norton Internet Security which is along with the previous
> > programs all up to date.
> > I did as you suggested by running them in Safe mode along with Normal
> > mode afterwards.
> > The LSP fix did not do anything, however I never had issues
> > connecting to any web pages. Just the Control Panel not opening. I
> > have been able to Search for Admin Tools and Shortcut this to the
> > Desktop, but it is the other tools in Control Panel I was trying to
> > look at.
> > Would this suggest a missing or corrupted link file or .exe or what
> > ever the name is?
> > Thanks.
>
> Hmm...
>
> Open C:\Windows\System32 and in there set the view to details and then click
> on file type to make this easier. Now scroll down and backup all the .CPL
> files. Delete them after you've backed them up to a safe place. Reboot the
> PC. Windows *should* put them back again except any third party files. You
> can replace those one by one until you find out if one of them was the
> problem if you want. That's what I'd try next at any rate.
>
> Galen
> --
>
> "And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
> with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
> very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
> made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."
>
> Sherlock Holmes
>
>
>
.

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