Control Panel > Display

G

Guest

For some strange reason my Display won't work. When i double-click it or
right click > open it doesnt come on. Also when i try and right click >
properties it doesnt come on either. Is there a way to get back onto display
and fix it?
 
G

Guest

Can you get to it by typing

desk.cpl

in the Run dialog on your system?

Can you get to it by looking in your Control Panel for Display?
 
T

Tom

Did you happen to install a Digital video card? I saw a problem like this
also. However, I believe I have fixed it now.
Tom
 
G

Guest

I didn't change my video card when the problem happened. However i have
changed my card to Geforce and it still doesn't resolve the problem. I did a
search and found that my desk.cpl is in the windows/system32 folder. Is there
anything i could try with that to fix it?
 
G

Guest

I have had the same problem. Control Panel > Display will not open. This
was probably caused by a trojan horse which I was able to clean off my
system, but now the only problem I see is that the 'Display' icon will no
longer open to show the properties when I click on it. I don't think
uninstalling my video card will work to restore this - I believe it is a
Windows XP corruption problem. Unfortunately, I only have the first edition
of Windows XP Professional without the repair button available on the new SP2
disc. Yes, I do have SP2 installed, however. Other than re-installing
Windows and the SP2 are there any other suggestions?
 
G

Guest

I experienced the same problem of an unresponsive Display icon in the Control
Panel. Right clicking in the workspace area and selecting Properties did not
work either. I copied the desk.cpl file from my housemate's computer onto my
computer and still had no luck. I have no idea how this display problem
originated.

I finally ran what is called the System File Checker from the command line
(access the command line via Start=>All Programs=>Accessories=>Command
Prompt). This utility (?) scans all protected Windows system files and makes
sure
that they are intact and in their original versions. It replaces incorrect
versions
with correct Microsoft versions. The command I entered on the command line
was this: sfc /SCANNOW

I found this command on a web site after rummaging all over the internet and
in
various discussion groups, trying to resolve my problem. Running sfc did
resolve
my problem. I'm a novice Windows XP user and am not sure that using sfc is the
best way to correct this problem. Hopefully it does not create other
problems! I
just ran sfc today and my display icon now works correctly, and I can call
up the
display properties dialog box by right clicking in the workspace area and
selecting Properties off the pop-up menu. Hopefully, sfc will work for you
too.
 

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