Control panel is gone.

[Guest]

This is the third time I have had this happen in 4 days. If I click on
control panel any place it briefly pops-up on desktop but is empty. By
briefly I mean way less than a second.

Looking for a way to fix this without a complete re-install... again.

Thank you for any and all help.

 

[Guest]

This is the third time I have had this happen in 4 days. If I click on
control panel any place it briefly pops-up on desktop but is empty. By
briefly I mean way less than a second.

Looking for a way to fix this without a complete re-install... again.

Thank you for any and all help.

Want to add some more information to this. When this happens I also lose my
sound card nearly every time (all but once). PC is fully up to date as far
as windows updates and all drivers go.

Sound card is soundblaster X-Fi extreme

Video is XFX 8800 GTX

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

What problem?

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
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i have the same problem
none seem to know the solution and microsoft sends me the wrong
hotfixes
very annoying (

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi,

Simulate the problem by clicking Start, Control Panel.
Click Start, type eventvwr.msc and press ENTER
Double-click Windows Logs
Click "Application".

See if there are any events registered (see right hand side)

If the recent crash is registered, right-click on the event, click "Copy" and then choose "Copy Details as Text"

Also check the "System" log.

Post back the information here.

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



Hi there,

Well, one of my identical vaio notebooks lost its control panel (the
other one=perfect).
When i try to open it a window opens just for half a second and
dissapears again.If i use explorere and dropdown sidemenu i can see some
cpl items.

I can access all the cpl files if i use start+r to adjust things but
its very cumbersome.

I have been sent 2 hotfixes sofar but they didn't work.

That laptop is just a renderslave but i still would like to have it
optimal.
Any help is greatly welcomed.

Kind regards,
Kurt aka soontekk

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Found a Microsoft KB article for this issue.

<Q>You cannot start Control Panel. When you try to start Control Panel, the screen may flash briefly, but Control Panel does not start.<Q>

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936686

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Regards,

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



Hi there,

Well, one of my identical vaio notebooks lost its control panel (the
other one=perfect).
When i try to open it a window opens just for half a second and
dissapears again.If i use explorere and dropdown sidemenu i can see some
cpl items.

I can access all the cpl files if i use start+r to adjust things but
its very cumbersome.

I have been sent 2 hotfixes sofar but they didn't work.

That laptop is just a renderslave but i still would like to have it
optimal.
Any help is greatly welcomed.

Kind regards,
Kurt aka soontekk

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Kurt,
for the best.

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 already released, available from Windows Update. If it's not listed, check this article:

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is not available for installation from Windows Update and is not offered by Automatic Updates:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948343

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Regards,

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



Hi Ramesh,

Feels good someone looking into it.
Nomatter what i do i can't get an entry into the logs.

I'll try the hotfix again but it is one of the 2 i have tried sofar.
I will however try again (and download it from the problem pc this
time)
Should this not work i will wait for the vista service pack and hope
for the best.

Thank you for your time and kind help mate.
Kind regards.
Kurt