Duplicate Icons in Control Panel in XP Pro

[Guest]

I have the same problem as above except I have 4 Network Setup Wizard Icons &
4 Wireless Network Setup Wizard Icons. I would like to get rid of the ones I
don't need. I have looked at the answer provided for the above question and
been through that, however I don't have duplicate .CPL files in the System 32
Folder, they are all unique, so not sure where the extra icons are coming
from. If I double click on each icon they open up the correct wizard, so, I
am now not sure what else I can do.

 

[Vincent Xu [MSFT]]

Hi,

Based on my knowledge, control panel loads any file with the .cpl
extension. If an existing .cpl file is copied to a new filename and
maintains the .cpl extension, Control Panel will read both .cpl extensions
and display duplicate icons and labels. Therefore, this issue because there
are multiple cpls with the same content.

Please go to c:\windows\system32 and run dir *.cpl

check how may cpls you have. On my side, I have 24 cpls. How about you?

thanks.


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[Guest]

Hi Vincent, I have had a look and I have 27 .cpl's, they are all unique.

Regards

Mark

 

[Vincent Xu [MSFT]]

Hi Mark,

I suspect they are name unique only, right?

Try to execute them one by one to see if they open the same window.

thanks.


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[Guest]

Hi Vincent, sorry for the delay in replying. Anyway, I have tried to execute
them one by one and they open up the same window, i.e. The 4 Network Setup
Wizard icons open up the Network Setup Wizard windows, etc.

 

[Vincent Xu [MSFT]]

Hi,

So, you deleted the duplicate item, right ?Let me know the results.


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[Guest]

Hi Vincent, been on holiday, so not been able to reply. Anyway, NO, that's
the problem, as I said in my last reply there are 4 Network Setup Wizard
Icons in the Control Panel, each one when you open them up goes to the
Network Setup Wizard. There are no duplicate files, just duplicate icons, and
I would like to get rid of 3 of them but I don't know how to, you can't
right-click and delete them. I don't know why they appeared in the first
place either.

Mark

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

It might be due to duplicate files, with a different name, of course. See
the following page for more info:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cpicon.htm

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Regards,

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


Hi Vincent, been on holiday, so not been able to reply. Anyway, NO, that's
the problem, as I said in my last reply there are 4 Network Setup Wizard
Icons in the Control Panel, each one when you open them up goes to the
Network Setup Wizard. There are no duplicate files, just duplicate icons,
and
I would like to get rid of 3 of them but I don't know how to, you can't
right-click and delete them. I don't know why they appeared in the first
place either.

Mark

 

[Vincent Xu [MSFT]]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for your reply.

However, I was confused. As you said, you found 27 cpl file under
c:\windows\system32, then, why you cannot delete some of them?

When I copy a cpl file at that place, I do see duplicate icons in control
panel and when I deleted it, the duplicate icon disappeared.

Thanks.


Best regards,

Vincent Xu
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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[Guest]

Hi Vincent, you were correct I did find 27 .CPL files but each one of them is
unique and valid and I have checked to make sure that they are not the ones
that are duplicated. As I have said, it's the Network Setup Wizard CPL ICON
that is being duplicated 3 times nothing else !

 

[Guest]

Hi Ramesh, thanks for your reply, I have actually been to you website and
have a copy of the software in question. However, it's not working in my case
as it does not find anything that I can sort out (I did follow all
instructions).

Mark

It might be due to duplicate files, with a different name, of course. See
the following page for more info:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cpicon.htm

--
Regards,

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


Hi Vincent, been on holiday, so not been able to reply. Anyway, NO, that's
the problem, as I said in my last reply there are 4 Network Setup Wizard
Icons in the Control Panel, each one when you open them up goes to the
Network Setup Wizard. There are no duplicate files, just duplicate icons,
and
I would like to get rid of 3 of them but I don't know how to, you can't
right-click and delete them. I don't know why they appeared in the first
place either.

Mark

Hi,

So, you deleted the duplicate item, right ?Let me know the results.


Best regards,

Vincent Xu
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Mark,

Option 1: Do a search for .CPL files in your entire drive (not only the
System32 folder). See if there are any CPLs with the file size of 25KB. That
may be it.

Option 2: Right-click one of the duplicate icons in the Control Panel, and
click "Create Shortcut". A desktop shortcut to that applet will be created.
Start Notepad, and try opening the "Shortcut to Network Setup Wizard".
Notepad will display the actual file name and path for that applet.

--
Regards,

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


Hi Ramesh, thanks for your reply, I have actually been to you website and
have a copy of the software in question. However, it's not working in my
case
as it does not find anything that I can sort out (I did follow all
instructions).

 

[Vincent Xu [MSFT]]

Hi,

Ok, I think I understand your situation. Check Ramesh's second suggestion,
I think it is valuable.

---Option 2: Right-click one of the duplicate icons in the Control Panel,
and
----click "Create Shortcut". A desktop shortcut to that applet will be
created.
----Start Notepad, and try opening the "Shortcut to Network Setup Wizard".
----Notepad will display the actual file name and path for that applet.

Hope it helps.


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Vincent Xu
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[Vincent Xu [MSFT]]

Hi,

I am just writing to see how everything is going. If you have any updates
or need any further assistance on this issue, please feel free to let me
know. I am glad to be of assistance.

Have a nice day!



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Hi,

Ok, I think I understand your situation. Check Ramesh's second suggestion,
I think it is valuable.

---Option 2: Right-click one of the duplicate icons in the Control Panel,
and
----click "Create Shortcut". A desktop shortcut to that applet will be
created.
----Start Notepad, and try opening the "Shortcut to Network Setup Wizard".
----Notepad will display the actual file name and path for that applet.

Hope it helps.


Best regards,

Vincent Xu
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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Hi Vincent, you were correct I did find 27 .CPL files but each one of them is
unique and valid and I have checked to make sure that they are not the ones
that are duplicated. As I have said, it's the Network Setup Wizard CPL ICON
that is being duplicated 3 times nothing else !

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Hi Mark,

Thanks for your reply.

However, I was confused. As you said, you found 27 cpl file under
c:\windows\system32, then, why you cannot delete some of them?

When I copy a cpl file at that place, I do see duplicate icons in control
panel and when I deleted it, the duplicate icon disappeared.

Thanks.


Best regards,

Vincent Xu
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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Hi Vincent, been on holiday, so not been able to reply. Anyway, NO,
that's
the problem, as I said in my last reply there are 4 Network Setup Wizard
Icons in the Control Panel, each one when you open them up goes to the
Network Setup Wizard. There are no duplicate files, just duplicate icons,
and
I would like to get rid of 3 of them but I don't know how to, you can't
right-click and delete them. I don't know why they appeared in the first
place either.

Mark

:

Hi,

So, you deleted the duplicate item, right ?Let me know the results.


Best regards,

Vincent Xu
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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Hi Vincent, sorry for the delay in replying. Anyway, I have

tried
to

execute
them one by one and they open up the same window, i.e. The 4 Network
Setup
Wizard icons open up the Network Setup Wizard windows, etc.

:

Hi Mark,

I suspect they are name unique only, right?

Try to execute them one by one to see if they open the same window.

thanks.


Best regards,

Vincent Xu
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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Hi Vincent, I have had a look and I have 27 .cpl's, they

are
all

unique.

Regards

Mark

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Hi,

Based on my knowledge, control panel loads any file with the
.cpl
extension. If an existing .cpl file is copied to a new
filename
and
maintains the .cpl extension, Control Panel will read

both
.cpl

extensions
and display duplicate icons and labels. Therefore, this issue
because
there
are multiple cpls with the same content.

Please go to c:\windows\system32 and run dir *.cpl

check how may cpls you have. On my side, I have 24 cpls. How
about
you?

thanks.


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Vincent Xu
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I have the same problem as above except I have 4 Network
Setup
Wizard
Icons &
4 Wireless Network Setup Wizard Icons. I would like to get
rid of
the
ones I
don't need. I have looked at the answer provided for the
above
question
and
been through that, however I don't have duplicate .CPL files
in
the
System 32
Folder, they are all unique, so not sure where the extra
icons
are
coming
from. If I double click on each icon they open up the correct
wizard,
so,
I
am now not sure what else I can do.