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Empty icon in control panel
XP SP2...
I have an "empty" icon the control panel. There is no description for it and double clicking starts nothing, as far as I can tell. The icon is the first icon in the shell32.dll collection, just a file folder with colored little markings. The icon has no properties to see, no tip tool. I have searched files and registry for a *.cpl with no name but have found none. Since it has no name, it is the first in the details list, or the top or first in thumbnails or icons. I want to delete it from the control panel, but that is not an option. Suggestions or cures? |
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Empty icon in control panel
How to remove an invalid icon in the Control Panel
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cpicon.htm Compare the *.cpl files you found to these. You may not have all of these and you may have some not listed here. This is a list from my machine. Control Panel cpl's: access.cpl = Accessibility Options appwiz.cpl = Add or Remove Programs desk.cpl = Desktop Control Panel = Display Properties hdwwiz.cpl = Add Hardware Control Panel Applet inetcpl.cpl = Internet Control Panel = Internet Properties intl.cpl = Regional and Language Options irprops.cpl = Wireless Link Control Panel Applet joy.cpl = Game Controllers jpicpl32.cpl = JavaPlugin main.cpl = Mouse Properties mmsys.cpl = Sounds and Audio Device Properties ncpa.cpl = Network Connections Control-Panel Stub nusrmgr.cpl = Windows User Manager = Users Accounts nvtuicpl.cpl = NVIDIA nView Control Panel, Version 52.16 nwc.cpl = Client Service for NetWare Applet odbccp32.cpl = Microsoft Data Access - ODBC Control Panel plotman.cpl = Autodesk Hardcopy Plotter Manager powercfg.cpl = Power Management Configuration Control Panel Applet or Power Options Properties SanCpl.cpl = SiSoftware Sandra™ English Control Panel Extension (Win32 x86)(NT)(ANSI) sapi.cpl = SAPI 5 = Speech Properties styleman.cpl = Autodesk Hardcopy Plot Style Manager sysdm.cpl = System Properties telephon.cpl = Telephony Control Panel timedate.cpl = Time Date Control Panel Applet wscui.cpl = SP2 Windows Security Center (SP2) wuaucpl.cpl = Automatic Updates Control Panel (Added by SP2) -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , Dr. Dos hunted and pecked: XP SP2... I have an "empty" icon the control panel. There is no description for it and double clicking starts nothing, as far as I can tell. The icon is the first icon in the shell32.dll collection, just a file folder with colored little markings. The icon has no properties to see, no tip tool. I have searched files and registry for a *.cpl with no name but have found none. Since it has no name, it is the first in the details list, or the top or first in thumbnails or icons. I want to delete it from the control panel, but that is not an option. Suggestions or cures? |
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Empty icon in control panel
Wesley Vogel wrote:
How to remove an invalid icon in the Control Panel http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cpicon.htm Compare the *.cpl files you found to these. You may not have all of these and you may have some not listed here. This is a list from my machine. Control Panel cpl's: access.cpl = Accessibility Options appwiz.cpl = Add or Remove Programs desk.cpl = Desktop Control Panel = Display Properties hdwwiz.cpl = Add Hardware Control Panel Applet inetcpl.cpl = Internet Control Panel = Internet Properties intl.cpl = Regional and Language Options irprops.cpl = Wireless Link Control Panel Applet joy.cpl = Game Controllers jpicpl32.cpl = JavaPlugin main.cpl = Mouse Properties mmsys.cpl = Sounds and Audio Device Properties ncpa.cpl = Network Connections Control-Panel Stub nusrmgr.cpl = Windows User Manager = Users Accounts nvtuicpl.cpl = NVIDIA nView Control Panel, Version 52.16 nwc.cpl = Client Service for NetWare Applet odbccp32.cpl = Microsoft Data Access - ODBC Control Panel plotman.cpl = Autodesk Hardcopy Plotter Manager powercfg.cpl = Power Management Configuration Control Panel Applet or Power Options Properties SanCpl.cpl = SiSoftware Sandra™ English Control Panel Extension (Win32 x86)(NT)(ANSI) sapi.cpl = SAPI 5 = Speech Properties styleman.cpl = Autodesk Hardcopy Plot Style Manager sysdm.cpl = System Properties telephon.cpl = Telephony Control Panel timedate.cpl = Time Date Control Panel Applet wscui.cpl = SP2 Windows Security Center (SP2) wuaucpl.cpl = Automatic Updates Control Panel (Added by SP2) Thank you for the help. The shellobject editor did not have an "expert mode" in the version I downloaded, so that did not help. Registry listings were not illuminating. Looking at the properties of the various .cpl files was not informative because they all looked legit. I solved this problem by making a copy of all the .cpl files in system32 and placing them in system32. This created double listings in the control panel. I then deleted each of the copies until one twin of the errant icon disappeared. Not sure what to do with the original, for the time being I renamed the extension. The "mystery" icon is now gone. |
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What was the file's name? What.cpl?
-- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , Dr. Dos hunted and pecked: Wesley Vogel wrote: How to remove an invalid icon in the Control Panel http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cpicon.htm Compare the *.cpl files you found to these. You may not have all of these and you may have some not listed here. This is a list from my machine. Control Panel cpl's: access.cpl = Accessibility Options appwiz.cpl = Add or Remove Programs desk.cpl = Desktop Control Panel = Display Properties hdwwiz.cpl = Add Hardware Control Panel Applet inetcpl.cpl = Internet Control Panel = Internet Properties intl.cpl = Regional and Language Options irprops.cpl = Wireless Link Control Panel Applet joy.cpl = Game Controllers jpicpl32.cpl = JavaPlugin main.cpl = Mouse Properties mmsys.cpl = Sounds and Audio Device Properties ncpa.cpl = Network Connections Control-Panel Stub nusrmgr.cpl = Windows User Manager = Users Accounts nvtuicpl.cpl = NVIDIA nView Control Panel, Version 52.16 nwc.cpl = Client Service for NetWare Applet odbccp32.cpl = Microsoft Data Access - ODBC Control Panel plotman.cpl = Autodesk Hardcopy Plotter Manager powercfg.cpl = Power Management Configuration Control Panel Applet or Power Options Properties SanCpl.cpl = SiSoftware Sandra™ English Control Panel Extension (Win32 x86)(NT)(ANSI) sapi.cpl = SAPI 5 = Speech Properties styleman.cpl = Autodesk Hardcopy Plot Style Manager sysdm.cpl = System Properties telephon.cpl = Telephony Control Panel timedate.cpl = Time Date Control Panel Applet wscui.cpl = SP2 Windows Security Center (SP2) wuaucpl.cpl = Automatic Updates Control Panel (Added by SP2) Thank you for the help. The shellobject editor did not have an "expert mode" in the version I downloaded, so that did not help. Registry listings were not illuminating. Looking at the properties of the various .cpl files was not informative because they all looked legit. I solved this problem by making a copy of all the .cpl files in system32 and placing them in system32. This created double listings in the control panel. I then deleted each of the copies until one twin of the errant icon disappeared. Not sure what to do with the original, for the time being I renamed the extension. The "mystery" icon is now gone. |
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Wesley Vogel wrote:
What was the file's name? What.cpl? btcpl "Bluetooth Control Panel" published by Broadcom Corporation, version 3.0.1.912, dated 10-01-2004. I think it belongs to a Bluetooth dongle I installed several months ago but have never used. |
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Empty icon in control panel
Dr. Dos wrote:
Wesley Vogel wrote: What was the file's name? What.cpl? btcpl "Bluetooth Control Panel" published by Broadcom Corporation, version 3.0.1.912, dated 10-01-2004. I think it belongs to a Bluetooth dongle I installed several months ago but have never used. If my experience is anything to go on (and I am not claiming it is) there are different ways depending upon which side of SP2 the computer original install lies. Pre-SP2 the installation software may be handy, post-SP2 the same software may be a liability |
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Empty icon in control panel
deebs wrote:
Dr. Dos wrote: Wesley Vogel wrote: What was the file's name? What.cpl? btcpl "Bluetooth Control Panel" published by Broadcom Corporation, version 3.0.1.912, dated 10-01-2004. I think it belongs to a Bluetooth dongle I installed several months ago but have never used. If my experience is anything to go on (and I am not claiming it is) there are different ways depending upon which side of SP2 the computer original install lies. Pre-SP2 the installation software may be handy, post-SP2 the same software may be a liability Handy...liability??? What does that mean? |
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