Hi,
First to find if it's a CPL file, follow the advice below. Credits to Mike
Williams for this method.
Open Control Panel and right-click the extra icon, and choose "Create
Shortcut". Click Yes when you see the following dialog.
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Shortcut
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Windows cannot create a shortcut here.
Do you want the shortcut to be placed on the desktop instead?
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Yes No
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Then in the Desktop, right-click the shortcut that you've just created and
choose Properties. Click the "Change Icon" button once. You'll then see the
actual CPL file name in the resulting dialog. Then you can gather more
information about that particular CPL file, and then delete it if you don't
require that file.
On the other hand, not all the Control Panel icons are powered by CPL files,
but they can be namespace items as well. To manage the namespace items in
the Control Panel, use the utility documented in the following article that
I've written.
How to remove an invalid icon in the Control Panel?:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cpicon.htm
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Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
There are a couple of blank icons in my control panel. Where in the
registry
can I get rid of these? They are just icons that look like a sheet of paper
with no descriptions and they can't be run.
Thanks.
