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pm
February 18th 04, 03:42 AM
WinXP Pro, SP1

When I click on user accounts in control panel, notepad
opens and not the user accounts applet. does anyone know
why and how I can fix this???
Dana
February 18th 04, 05:22 AM
Aloha,

Try Control Panel [.CPL] file assocation fix, download from here:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/fileassoc/xp_cpl_file_assoc.zip

Courtesy : Doug Knox [MS-MVP]

HTH
- Dana

"pm" > wrote in message
...
> WinXP Pro, SP1
>
> When I click on user accounts in control panel, notepad
> opens and not the user accounts applet. does anyone know
> why and how I can fix this???
blessedyahshua
February 18th 04, 02:43 PM
Hi,

I ma having the exact same problem opening user accounts in either the control panel or fromthe start menu. When I try to acces these notepad also pops up and I get the error message "the filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect"

I tried changing passwords using RUN 'control userpasswords' and I get the same message.

Any advice will help both of us. Please advise if you find something out, and I will do same for you.

Thanx
blessedyahshua
February 18th 04, 02:45 PM
FI: I tried the zip file from eralier post and it did not fix the problem.
PM
February 19th 04, 06:40 PM
Control Panel fix didn't work
Typing userpasswords2 on the command line doesn't work either
Any more suggestions?
PM
February 19th 04, 06:53 PM
Control Panel fix didn't work
Typing userpasswords2 on the command line doesn't work either
Any more suggestions?
PM
February 19th 04, 07:04 PM
Control Panel fix didn't work
Typing userpasswords2 on the command line doesn't work either
Any more suggestions?
NobodyMan
February 20th 04, 02:42 AM
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 07:51:08 -0800, "PM"
> wrote:

>Control Panel fix didn't work
>Typing userpasswords2 on the command line doesn't work either
>Any more suggestions?

Suggestions for what? What control panel fix didn't work? Please
don't cut out pertinent information!

I imagine your using the Web interface for the groups, which is a bad
idea and creates problems like this. As much as I hate and disdain
it, even I admit the Outlook Express is a better alternative than the
CDO web interface. I guarantee you have it, and it's free. Switch to
it!
Google