Control Panel does not work

I am running Vista basic, and when I try to go into Control Panel, a message
comes up saying that Windows Explorer has stopped working, and then explorer
restarts. It does not get into the control panel at all. This happened once
before, and I formatted the hard drive and started from scratch to rectify
the problem It was fine for a couple of weeks, but now I have the same
problem again. I do keep up to date with Windows update. Please help!!

> > Open the Run command (Win + R) type in SFC /SCANNOW and click Enter,
> > click
> > Continue on the UAC dialog that appears.

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"Rob Gardner" <RobGardner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C8F43012-957D-441A-92D2-5E0F7915EDB9@microsoft.com...
>I am running Vista basic, and when I try to go into Control Panel, a
>message
> comes up saying that Windows Explorer has stopped working, and then
> explorer
> restarts. It does not get into the control panel at all. This happened
> once
> before, and I formatted the hard drive and started from scratch to rectify
> the problem It was fine for a couple of weeks, but now I have the same
> problem again. I do keep up to date with Windows update. Please help!!

Rob Gardner wrote:
> I am running Vista basic, and when I try to go into Control Panel, a
> message comes up saying that Windows Explorer has stopped working,
> and then explorer restarts. It does not get into the control panel at
> all. This happened once before, and I formatted the hard drive and
> started from scratch to rectify the problem It was fine for a couple
> of weeks, but now I have the same problem again. I do keep up to
> date with Windows update. Please help!!
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If you have Nero InCD installed...the following
article may be useful:

(936686) Icons are missing from Control Panel,
or you cannot start Control Panel, the Welcome
Center, or games in Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936686/en-us

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