Microsoft KB Archive/158216

= Unable to Directly Access Any Applet in Control Panel from the New Task Entry In All Far East LOCALIZED Windows NT 3.5x. =

Article ID: 158216

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51

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This article was previously published under Q158216




 * k Korean (Hangul) Windows NT 3.5 is not a localized version but an emulation version and all these Control Panel applets are in English, all Control Panel applets can be directly accessed.



SYMPTOMS
In all Far East localized versions of Windows NT 3.5x, when you attempt to run a Control Panel applet by typing the following text in the New Task field of the Task List dialog box (invoked by Ctrl+Esc), the applet does not run.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem,
 * run Control Panel applets from the Control Panel Program Group instead of from the Task List dialog box. -or-


 * type Control .cpl instead of Control :

To learn what the file names are that correspond to the names that appear under the corresponding icon of the applet in Control Panel, search for all %SystemRoot%\System32*.cpl files on your system drive. For example, from a command prompt, type at the root directory of your system drive:

Dir *.cpl /s



MORE INFORMATION
The following table lists Control Panel applet icon names in the left column along with their corresponding applet file names in parentheses if there is a standalone file available. Not all Control Panel applets have a standalone program .cpl file. Applet icon names followed by a single asterisk (*) are available only on Windows NT Server 3.5x (not available on Windows NT Workstation 3.5x), for example, the Licensing applet has an asterisk and is only available on Windows NT Server. Some applet icon names only appear in the Control Panel if the corresponding applications that don't ship with Windows NT, for example, Gateway Services for NetWare (GSNW), and Macfile, are installed on Windows NT. The second through the sixth column from the left each correspond to a localized version of Windows NT 3.5 and/or 3.51. If a version number is listed in the column title, that column only pertains to that version of Windows NT. The Yes and No entries under the second through the sixth column indicate whether you may run the applet listed in the same row under the first column by typing Control  in the localized version:

Applet Icon Name (applet file name) Traditional Simplified Chinese     Chinese   Japanese   Korean3.5   Korean3.51 ---     ---      -   -- Color (Main.cpl) No          No        No         Yes         No Fonts No          No        No         Yes         No Ports No          No        No         Yes         No Mouse No          No        No         Yes         No Desktop No          No        No         Yes         No Keyboard No          No        No         Yes         No Printers No          No        No         Yes         No International (Intl.cpl***1) No          No        No         Yes         No System No          No        No         Yes         No Date/time No          No        No         Yes         No Console (Console.cpl) No          No        No         No*2        No Cursors (Cursors.cpl) No          No        No         Yes         No Display (Display.cpl) No          No        No         Yes         No Licensing (Liccpa.cpl) * No          No        No         Yes         No Mail (Mlcfg32.cpl) No          No        No         Yes         No Sound (Multimed.cpl) Yes         Yes       Yes        Yes         Yes Drivers Yes         Yes       Yes        Yes         Yes Network (Ncpa.cpl) No          No        No         Yes         No ODBC (Odbccp32.cpl) Yes         Yes       Yes        Yes         Yes Server (Srvmgr.cpl) ***3 No          No        No         Yes         No Services No          No        No         Yes         No Devices No          No        No         Yes         No UPS (Ups.cpl) Yes         yes       No         Yes         Yes GSNW/CSNW (Nwc.cpl) * Yes         Yes       Yes        Yes         Yes Internet (Inetcpl.cpl) Yes         Yes       Yes        Yes         Yes Monitoring Agent (Bhctrl.cpl) No          No        No         No          No Macfile Yes         Yes       Yes        Yes         Yes Tape Devices (ctape.cpl) ***4  (Cime.cpl) No          No  (Imesel.cpl) ***4 No        No

Srvmgr.cpl is for Server Control Panel Applet. Panel for IME.\*
 * 1: Not available in JPN Windows NT 3.5x version.
 * 2:  Not available in Korean Windows NT 3.5.
 * 3: Do not confuse with Srvmgr.exe which is for Server Manager.
 * 4: No icon in Control Panel at all in FE localizations.
 * 5: Korean (Hangul) Windows NT 3.51 does not have an applet in Control



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: Control Panel NCPA Far East Localization localized

Keywords: kbother kbpending kbprb kbui KB158216

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