Some Control Panel items have gone missing

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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"i love vista" <> wrote in message
news:494ed488$...

> 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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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/12...hide-icon.html

and

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/12...cons-only.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Qu0ll;917052 Wrote:
> 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)
> _________________________________________________
> Qu0llSixFour@xxxxxx
> [Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me]


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"Brink" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> 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/12...hide-icon.html
>
> and
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/12...cons-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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And loving it,

-Qu0ll (Rare, not extinct)
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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

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

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929833
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"Qu0ll" wrote:

> "Brink" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >
> > 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/12...hide-icon.html
> >
> > and
> >
> > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/12...cons-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?
>
> --
> And loving it,
>
> -Qu0ll (Rare, not extinct)
> _________________________________________________
>
> [Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me]
>
>

"Mick Murphy" <> wrote in message
news:8052CECF-F679-44E3-97DC-...

> 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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Qu0ll,

In addition to Steve's post, you might run a "sfc /scannow" (no quotes)
command to see if it can find and fix and bad or missing system files.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66...c-command.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Qu0ll;917357 Wrote:
> "Brink" <> wrote in message
> news:...> > >
> > >
> > > 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/12...hide-icon.html
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/12...cons-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?
>
> --
> And loving it,
>
> -Qu0ll (Rare, not extinct)
> _________________________________________________
> Qu0llSixFour@xxxxxx
> [Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me]

Steve Thackery;917371 Wrote:
> 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


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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

"Brink" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> 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/12...hide-icon.html
>
> and
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/12...cons-only.html
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
> Qu0ll;917052 Wrote:
>> 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)
>> _________________________________________________
>> Qu0llSixFour@xxxxxx
>> [Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me]
>
>
> --
> Brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
> them.*
> > *and*
> > *Please post feedback to help others.*

Hello Henson

Yes, you should be able to do this in Vista Home Basic using METHOD TW
to hide the icons. Double check to make sure that you typed the ico
name exactly as it appears in the Control Panel to hide it. If you hav
the Control Panel open, then you will need to close and reopen it to se
the changes

Hope this helps
Shaw

Henson;918039 Wrote:
> I'm running Vista Home Basic (no gpedit.msc). I tried changing th
> setting
> in the registry, but I still can't seem to hide any icons. Is thi
> possibl
> in Vista Home Basic? Or am I just doing it wrong
>
> - Henso
>
> "Brink" <> wrote in messag
> news:...> > >
> >
> > > Hello Qu0ll
> >
> > > You might check with these two tutorials to see if the Control Pane
> > > icons were hidden, or if you can add them back
> >
> > > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/12...-hide-icon.htm
> >
> > > an
> >
> >
> > http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/12...icons-only.htm
> >
> > > Hope this helps
> > > Shaw
> >
> > > Qu0ll;917052 Wrote:> > > > >
> > > >> Vista Ultimate 32-bit on Dell Precision laptop
> > > >
> > > >> Today when I opened Control Panel I see that there are 6 fewer item
> > > >> tha
> > > >> were there yesterday. I know that one of them was Indexing Option
> > > bu
> > > >>
> > > >> cannot identify the other 5 off the top of my head. How can I ge
> > > thes
> > > >> items back? Why did they disappear
> > > >
> > > >> -
> > > >> And loving it
> > > >
> > > >> -Qu0ll (Rare, not extinct
> > > >> ________________________________________________
> > > >> Qu0llSixFour@xxxxx
> > > >> [Replace the "SixFour" with numbers to email me]> > > >
> >
> >
> > > -
> > > Brin
> >
> > > *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not as
> > > them.
> > > '*Windows 7 Forums*
> > > ('Windows 7 Forums' ) *and
> > '*::Vista Forums::*
> > > (http://www.vistax64.com
> > > *Please post feedback to help others.* >

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