Two Network Connection Icons in Control Panel - "Network connection icon from namespace.reg" (0/1) 4

[John]

For a long time I have had two network connection icons in control
panel. Recently I noticed that if the left or upper most of these was
double clicked and then a network connection right clicked and status
selected, nothing happened. Curiously, everything else (disable,
repair etc etc) works. The other network connection icon works
properly.

The two network connection icons seem to arise because the network
connection control panel is available as a .cpl - ncpa.cpl and also as
a namespace item and I had it loading as a namespace. I think that
this was done by one or other tweak utility to get the network
connection icon to appear under control panel in windows explorer
folder view.

It is possible to rename ncpa.cpl (both versions incuding the dllcache
one) and still have the network connection icon etc., its just that
this "namepace" version fails to produce status as outlined above.

Anyone have any ideas on how to get just one fully operational network
connection icon?

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[Cuke]

I have the exact same problem with the exception that my Network
Connections folder(s) will not open. I've spent a lot of time trying
to figure this one out. I even tried to reverse engineer Search
results on "Disabling/Hiding Network Connections Folder", but no use.
I could use some help with this one also.

 

[Cuke]

I did a little more searching, and put together this fix. It worked for
me though I can't explain exactly why.

In Start/Run type "Regsrv32 netshell.dll", click "OK". This somehow
gets the Network Connections Folder working right again. Then delete
the namespace version. this removes the second folder. Reboot.

(The first step actually got both folders working, but with different
right click menus)

 

[John]

I did a little more searching, and put together this fix. It worked for
me though I can't explain exactly why.

In Start/Run type "Regsrv32 netshell.dll", click "OK". This somehow
gets the Network Connections Folder working right again. Then delete
the namespace version. this removes the second folder. Reboot.

(The first step actually got both folders working, but with different
right click menus)

All I got from doing this was recreation of the namespace entry and
hence reappearance of the second control panel icon. The deficient
right click ¦ status problem remains the same.

I guess that if running regsvr32 netshell.dll creates the namespace
entry, then that is how it is supposed to be!!

John
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