network connections

[grizabella]

Hi -

There is no icon in my Control Panel for Network Connections. When I right
click on the connections icon on the task bar and then click Network
Connections nothing happens and the menu window closes; the same thing
happens when I click on Status and then Properties.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

See if any of the following work.

Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Network Connections

Network Connections is ncpa.cpl.

Start | Run | Type: ncpa.cpl | Click OK

This pasted in Start | Run

file:///::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}

should open Network Connections.

This pasted in Start | Run

explorer ::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}

should open Network Connections.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[grizabella]

Thank you for responding so quickly.

I tried all of your suggestions and nothing happened; the Run window closed
and that was it.

Is this really weird?? Should I start looking for my reinstall Windows
disks?

Thanks.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Try these two pasted in Start | Run...

%systemroot%\system32\ncpa.cpl

%systemroot%\system32\dllcache\ncpa.cpl

And then run the System File Checker. System File Checker (sfc.exe)
replaces screwed up system files.

Load your XP CD in your CD drive.

Start | Run | Type or paste: sfc /scannow | Click OK

sfc /scannow scans all protected system files immediately and replaces
incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions.

System File Checker takes a while to run.

If you have XP Home and it asks for your XP Pro CD, see this KB article...

You may be prompted to insert a Windows XP Professional CD when you run the
System File Checker tool in Windows XP Home Edition
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897128

If SFC.EXE did anything it will be listed in the Event Viewer.

Open the Event Viewer...
Start | Run | Type: eventvwr | Click OK | Click System |

Windows File Protection will be listed under the Source column. Look at any
Windows File Protection entries.

Explains a whole bunch about sfc.exe.
scannow sfc (sfc.exe)
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker
(Sfc.exe)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310747

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[grizabella]

I tried the first two suggestions; with the first nothing happened and with
the second I got an error message saying it couldn't be found. I don't have
a Windows XP disk; all I have is the reinstall Windows disks that came with
the computer.

I don't make things easy, do I?

Thanks again.

 

[Guest]

HI again.

I have two computers, one with Vista and one with XP. I was using the Vista
one 'cause it was easier to to use the Microsoft forums.

I copied the ncpa.cpl file to the \servicepack\i386 but still nothing
happens. And I made sure all the boxes were checked in Tweak UI's Control
Panel. Would you like to pretend you never heard of me and my problems?

 

[Guest]

I have a little different problem with Network Connections control panel: I'm
logged in my winXP prof workstation as a oridinary user and each time when I
try to open mentioned control panel as a administrator (by using of runas) I
get "normal" explorer window showing content of system partition (in my case
it is C:\). I haven't problem with opening Network Connections as a oridinary
user but then I cannot perform most of the managing tasks. Also I haven't any
problem with this control panel when I relog to admin account and simply
click on proper icon in Control Panels window, or type ncpa.cpl in Start
menu.
Could you tell me how to manage network connections using second logon?

 

[John John]

The ncpa.cpl doesn't work like other Control Panel extensions, it's just
a stub that calls an API to run the item through Explorer.exe. Even
when using RunAs, Explorer.exe always runs in the security context of
the logged on user so ncpa.cpl fails. There are ways around that, you
could completely kill Explorer.exe and then start it under a different
security context or you can change Explorer.exe default settings so that
it launches folder windows in a separate process. I'm not so sure that
I would want it running in that manner all the time but it is easy to
toggle back and forth.

Another way would be to start Internet Explorer under the elevated
security context with RunAs then simply enter the command in the IE
Address Bar: %systemroot%\SYSTEM32\ncpa.cpl

Aaron Margosis has written a series of articles about working with RunAs
and he has addressed the particular issues about Explorer.exe and
ncpa.cpl here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2004/07/07/175488.aspx

John