remove invalid icons from vistas control panel??

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jawdoc

Any ideas how to remove invalid icons from vistas control panel.
I did a search for cpl and I assume that vista no longer uses control
panel applications that have that extension.
I search through the registry with no luck.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Rick Rogers

Hi jawdoc,

Run regedit, look under:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace

Check the various subkeys for one that corresponds to the unwanted
applet(s). Backup that key, then try deleting it.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
 
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Ramesh, MS-MVP

In addition to the suggestion by Rick, check this article out:

How to remove an invalid icon from Control Panel?:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cpicon.htm

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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


Any ideas how to remove invalid icons from vistas control panel.
I did a search for cpl and I assume that vista no longer uses control
panel applications that have that extension.
I search through the registry with no luck.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

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