control panel icons missing

E

Ed Fisher

Where have the 'System' and 'Power Options' icons in the Performance and
Maintenance tab of control panel gone?

How do I get them back?
Thanks
 
G

Guest

Which tabs are you talking about how did you get there? The System and Power
Options are in the Control Panel Folder. You can get there by going to the
start menu and selecting the Control Panel Icon or select to My Computer and
off to your right there is a similar Control Panel Icon.
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Did you recently use TweakUI, Ed?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


The icons were there until recently. They have disappeared.
 
E

Ed Fisher

No I have not used Tweak. This is a new computer with Multimedia edition of
XP. The icons were there originally but now are missing in action. How can
I restore them?

Ramesh said:
Did you recently use TweakUI, Ed?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


The icons were there until recently. They have disappeared.
Mattdawg said:
Which tabs are you talking about how did you get there? The System and
Power
Options are in the Control Panel Folder. You can get there by going to
the
start menu and selecting the Control Panel Icon or select to My Computer
and
off to your right there is a similar Control Panel Icon.
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

See if you're able to launch the applets manually by running them directly:

Click Start, Run and type sysdm.cpl [Press Enter]
Click Start, Run and type powercfg.cpl [Press Enter]

If they open correctly, then start Regedit.exe and goto the following
branch:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don't load]

Check if sysdm.cpl and powercfg.cpl entries are present there. If so, delete
them.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


No I have not used Tweak. This is a new computer with Multimedia edition of
XP. The icons were there originally but now are missing in action. How can
I restore them?

Ramesh said:
Did you recently use TweakUI, Ed?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


The icons were there until recently. They have disappeared.
Mattdawg said:
Which tabs are you talking about how did you get there? The System and
Power
Options are in the Control Panel Folder. You can get there by going to
the
start menu and selecting the Control Panel Icon or select to My Computer
and
off to your right there is a similar Control Panel Icon.
 
E

Ed Fisher

I tried your suggestion but this isn't the problem.
Any other ideas?
Ramesh said:
See if you're able to launch the applets manually by running them
directly:

Click Start, Run and type sysdm.cpl [Press Enter]
Click Start, Run and type powercfg.cpl [Press Enter]

If they open correctly, then start Regedit.exe and goto the following
branch:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don't load]

Check if sysdm.cpl and powercfg.cpl entries are present there. If so,
delete
them.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


No I have not used Tweak. This is a new computer with Multimedia edition
of
XP. The icons were there originally but now are missing in action. How
can
I restore them?

Ramesh said:
Did you recently use TweakUI, Ed?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


The icons were there until recently. They have disappeared.
Mattdawg said:
Which tabs are you talking about how did you get there? The System and
Power
Options are in the Control Panel Folder. You can get there by going to
the
start menu and selecting the Control Panel Icon or select to My Computer
and
off to your right there is a similar Control Panel Icon.

:

Where have the 'System' and 'Power Options' icons in the Performance
and
Maintenance tab of control panel gone?

How do I get them back?
Thanks
 
A

Ayush

Replied to [Ed Fisher]s message :
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Where have the 'System' and 'Power Options' icons in the Performance
and Maintenance tab of control panel gone?

How do I get them back?
Thanks



Swithc to Classic view (See left side). Are they available now ?

Get Tweakui
Go to Control Panel Section
Tick all
Click OK
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

I tried your suggestion but this isn't the problem.

Were you able to launch the applets manually?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I tried your suggestion but this isn't the problem.
Any other ideas?
 

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