Network Connections applet is missing from Control Panel!

[Jeff Ingram]

Hello,

I've got yet another "unique" XP problem. My Network Connections applet is
missing from Control Panel! I can still access the internet without a
problem, mail, news, and web browsing all work, but I can't get to the
Network Connections settings in control panel cause it ain't there
anymore....

I installed Tweak XP just to see if that applet was hidden or not and it
isn't. So I disabled it then reenabrled it, but still it's not there.

I was trying to get to XP's firewall settings (SP2) and that's the only way
I know how. Is there another way? And why is Network Connections missing
in the first place?

Thanks in advanced!

Jeff

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Jeff,

Type this command in Start/Run:

regsvr32 netshell

 

[Jeff Ingram]

Jeff,

Type this command in Start/Run:

regsvr32 netshell

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org



Thanks for responding. Ummmm, what was that supposed to do? I did

exactly as you suggested and I got the message:

"DLLRegisterServer in netshell succeeded" OK.

I checked in Control Panel (classic view) and it still isn't there.

Ideas?

Thanks for the help..

Jeff

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Jeff,

That command restores the "Network Connections" entry to the registry. BTW,
do you have a ncpa.cpl in the System32 folder? If not, extract a copy from
XP CD.