Finding the right .cab file to extract to reinstall a control panel feature

[Peter Schwartz]

I am getting an error message when I click on the
Add/Remove feature in Control Panel in Windows XP
Professional Edition. Since I don't know at what point
this problem started and can't find anything in the
Microsoft support knowledge base about the problem, I
figure the best thing to do is to reinstall this feature.
Does anyone know how to do this? I think I need to
extract the right file from a .cab file on the Windows CD-
ROM, but I don't know which .cab file to extract from or
how to do it. Can anyone help me?

Thanks.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You need a new appwiz.cpl file. Start/run msconfig, click on "expand file"
(general tab)

File to expand: appwiz.cpl
From: X:\I386
To: %windir%\system32

Where X is whatever letter is assigned your CD drive (you need your WinXP CD
for this), change it accordingly. If your system was preinstalled, you may
find this instead on the hard drive under C:\Windows\I386. If so, change the
"from" line accordingly. Reboot when finished.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone