Some Control Panel items have gone missing

[Qu0ll]

Vista Ultimate 32-bit on Dell Precision laptop.

Today when I opened Control Panel I see that there are 6 fewer items than
were there yesterday. I know that one of them was Indexing Options but I
cannot identify the other 5 off the top of my head. How can I get these
items back? Why did they disappear?

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[Qu0ll]

many people just wish vista would vanish poof altogether from their
computer...

you are on a good start!

I take it you're the resident Pest Troll for this newsgroup?

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[Qu0ll]

Hello Qu0ll,

You might check with these two tutorials to see if the Control Panel
icons were hidden, or if you can add them back.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/120937-control-panel-hide-icon.html

and

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/120951-control-panel-show-specific-icons-only.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thanks Shawn for the links but unfortunately they didn't resolve the
problem - the icons are still missing. I basically need to know what's
missing and how to get them back.

Any other ideas?

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[Steve Thackery]

Just as a start, the items that appear in the Control Panel are all in
C:\Windows\System32 and have a .cpl extension.

The first thing I would check is that they are still there. Here is my
list:

appwiz.cpl
bdeadmin.cpl
bthprops.cpl
collab.cpl
desk.cpl
FirewalLcpl
hdwwiz.cpl
inetcpl.cpl
infocardcpl.cpl
intl.cpl
irprops.cpl
joy.cpl
main.cpl
mmsys.cpl
ncpa.cpl
nvcpl.cpl
powercfg.cpl
RTSndMgr.cpl
sysdm.cpl
TabIetPC.cpl
timedate.cpl
wscui.cpl

Yours may differ, but at least it's a start.

However, I think the problem will be a setting in the registry, which
controls which control panels items are shown. I can't help with that, but
have a vague memory that things like the Group Policy editor can affect it.

Sorry I can't be of more help. I'm sure someone knowledgeable will dive in
soon.

SteveT

 

[Mick Murphy]

Quoll, it might be worth giving the System File Checker a go.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929833
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Mad Mike

Hello Qu0ll,

You might check with these two tutorials to see if the Control Panel
icons were hidden, or if you can add them back.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/120937-control-panel-hide-icon.html

and

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/120951-control-panel-show-specific-icons-only.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thanks Shawn for the links but unfortunately they didn't resolve the
problem - the icons are still missing. I basically need to know what's
missing and how to get them back.

Any other ideas?

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-Qu0ll (Rare, not extinct)
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[Qu0ll]

Quoll, it might be worth giving the System File Checker a go.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929833

Thanks for the suggestion Mick.

Just tried it but it reported no problems. Given that my Windows Installer
Cleanup tool also crashes (see other thread), I do think there's something
wrong with this system.

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[Henson]

I'm running Vista Home Basic (no gpedit.msc). I tried changing the settings
in the registry, but I still can't seem to hide any icons. Is this possible
in Vista Home Basic? Or am I just doing it wrong?

- Henson

Hello Qu0ll,

You might check with these two tutorials to see if the Control Panel
icons were hidden, or if you can add them back.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/120937-control-panel-hide-icon.html

and

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/120951-control-panel-show-specific-icons-only.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Vista Ultimate 32-bit on Dell Precision laptop.

Today when I opened Control Panel I see that there are 6 fewer items
than
were there yesterday. I know that one of them was Indexing Options but
I
cannot identify the other 5 off the top of my head. How can I get these
items back? Why did they disappear?

--
And loving it,

-Qu0ll (Rare, not extinct)
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