Microsoft KB Archive/128702

= Control Panel Seems to Load Slowly in Windows 95/98 =

Article ID: 128702

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q128702



SYMPTOMS
When you double-click a desktop shortcut linked to CONTROL.EXE to start Control Panel, there is a 60- to 90-second delay with intense hard disk activity before Control Panel appears.



CAUSE
The CONTROL.EXE program was designed to be used with a shell component such as Program Manager or File Manager from a previous version of Windows. When you are using Windows Explorer as the shell in Windows 95/98, starting CONTROL.EXE reloads much of the Windows 95/98 shell components, resulting in a delay.



RESOLUTION
To work around this behavior, use one of the following methods.

Method 1
Start Control Panel from My Computer instead of from the shortcut to CONTROL.EXE. To start Control Panel from My Computer, double-click My Computer on the desktop, then double-click Control Panel.

Method 2
Create a shortcut to Control Panel from the Control Panel icon in My Computer. To do so, follow these steps:


 * 1) Double-click My Computer.
 * 2) Drag the Control Panel icon from My Computer to the desktop.
 * 3) When you are prompted whether you want to create a shortcut, click Yes.

Double-click this shortcut to start Control Panel.

Additional query words: cpl

Keywords: kbprb kbui KB128702

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