Microsoft KB Archive/132885

= Icons Missing in Control Panel =

Article ID: 132885

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 Q132885



SYMPTOMS
When you open Control Panel from a shortcut or another program, only the following five icons are available:

  Add New Hardware System Modems ODBC Network.



CAUSE
This problem can occur if you are running a version of Control.exe from a previous version of Windows. The Control.exe file may be in the Windows folder, or it may be called directly by the shortcut from another folder.



RESOLUTION
Remove the shortcut that points to the Control.exe file. Make sure that the Control.exe file in the Windows folder is the current version. If the Control.exe file in the Windows folder is not the current one, remove or rename it and then extract the current file from the Windows disks or CD- ROM and place it in the Windows folder.

For information about how to extract a file, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 129605

TITLE : How to Extract Original Compressed Windows Files



MORE INFORMATION
This problem should occur only with shortcuts that specifically point to Control.exe or 16-bit Windows-based programs that calls Control.exe. If you open Control Panel by clicking Start, pointing to Settings, then clicking Control Panel, the problem does not occur because Control.exe is not called.

Additional query words: Win95 missing

Keywords: kbprb kbui KB132885

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