No repsonse from desktop icons and control panel

The otehr day I turned on my PC, running XP Professional, to find a number of desktop icons gave no response when clicked. My dial-up connection didn't respond for example. Alsothe Outlook icon on Quick Launch toolbar did not work (and when I looked at the
shortcut property the word 'Recycled' had been added to the target). I went into Control Panel but most of the programs would not respond - eg User Accounts. Some like Printers did work. I had to resort to a System Restore to get back to where I had been
a couple of days earlier. Things then seemed OK, but today I switched on my PC and the problem had reoccurred. Again I did a System Restore, but I am worried that the fix will be temporary - and I have no idea what is causing the problem. Any ideas gratefu
lly received.

Hi Tony,

Have you done a scan using an updated antivirus with the latest
definitions?

Also consider getting software against malware, such as:

Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Spybot S&D
http://www.safer-networking.org/inde...&page=download

Finally, look at the following articles for advice about
troubleshooting start up problems:

308041 Resources for Troubleshooting Startup Problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308041

310353 How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353

316434 HOW TO: Perform Advanced Clean-Boot Troubleshooting in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316434

310560 How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

The msconfig utility will help you; if you disable all non-Microsoft
software and then boot, does the problem appear?

If not, try enabling them one or two at a time to find the guilty
program.

Hope this helps.


On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 08:01:07 -0800, "Tony"
wrote:

The otehr day I turned on my PC, running XP Professional, to find a number of desktop icons gave no response when clicked. My dial-up connection didn't respond for example. Alsothe Outlook icon on Quick Launch toolbar did not work (and when I looked at th
e shortcut property the word 'Recycled' had been added to the target). I went into Control Panel but most of the programs would not respond - eg User Accounts. Some like Printers did work. I had to resort to a System Restore to get back to where I had been
a couple of days earlier. Things then seemed OK, but today I switched on my PC and the problem had reoccurred. Again I did a System Restore, but I am worried that the fix will be temporary - and I have no idea what is causing the problem. Any ideas gratef
ully received.

Thanks Roger

You're welcome, Tony.


On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 07:16:16 -0800, "Tony"
wrote:

Thanks Roger

I am having the same problem. Under the "start" icon, the Control Panel does nothing, nor does the "My" section of pictures, documents, music, etc. I was able to manually start the individual control panel components by searching for *.cpl and double cli
cking on them. But the control panel as a whole is not working. All virus software up to date, recently scanned, etc. I am also unable to load a game from my CD.

Look at your proseses and see if anything is using more than 50% i had
one using 99%, i used a program called hijack this to remove it and
all was fine.

Do a control alt delete and end explorer.exe then try to load your
apps, you wont have a desktop anymore but you know where you exe's are
for your programs, could be a good idea to place some shortcuts in a
directory on your c:\ drive to make it easier to fine them.



On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 17:56:04 -0700, KevinC
wrote:

DId you have any luck. I am experieincing the same peoblem? My e-mail is

----- Tony wrote: -----

The otehr day I turned on my PC, running XP Professional, to find a number of desktop icons gave no response when clicked. My dial-up connection didn't respond for example. Alsothe Outlook icon on Quick Launch toolbar did not work (and when I looked
at the shortcut property the word 'Recycled' had been added to the target). I went into Control Panel but most of the programs would not respond - eg User Accounts. Some like Printers did work. I had to resort to a System Restore to get back to where I had
been a couple of days earlier. Things then seemed OK, but today I switched on my PC and the problem had reoccurred. Again I did a System Restore, but I am worried that the fix will be temporary - and I have no idea what is causing the problem. Any ideas g
ratefully received.

Look at your proseses and see if anything is using more than 50% i had
one using 99%, i used a program called hijack this to remove it and
all was fine.

Do a control alt delete and end explorer.exe then try to load your
apps, you wont have a desktop anymore but you know where you exe's are
for your programs, could be a good idea to place some shortcuts in a
directory on your c:\ drive to make it easier to fine them.



On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 17:56:04 -0700, KevinC
wrote:

DId you have any luck. I am experieincing the same peoblem? My e-mail is

----- Tony wrote: -----

The otehr day I turned on my PC, running XP Professional, to find a number of desktop icons gave no response when clicked. My dial-up connection didn't respond for example. Alsothe Outlook icon on Quick Launch toolbar did not work (and when I looked
at the shortcut property the word 'Recycled' had been added to the target). I went into Control Panel but most of the programs would not respond - eg User Accounts. Some like Printers did work. I had to resort to a System Restore to get back to where I had
been a couple of days earlier. Things then seemed OK, but today I switched on my PC and the problem had reoccurred. Again I did a System Restore, but I am worried that the fix will be temporary - and I have no idea what is causing the problem. Any ideas g
ratefully received.

Look at your proseses and see if anything is using more than 50% i had
one using 99%, i used a program called hijack this to remove it and
all was fine.

Do a control alt delete and end explorer.exe then try to load your
apps, you wont have a desktop anymore but you know where you exe's are
for your programs, could be a good idea to place some shortcuts in a
directory on your c:\ drive to make it easier to fine them.



On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 17:56:04 -0700, KevinC
wrote:

DId you have any luck. I am experieincing the same peoblem? My e-mail is

----- Tony wrote: -----

The otehr day I turned on my PC, running XP Professional, to find a number of desktop icons gave no response when clicked. My dial-up connection didn't respond for example. Alsothe Outlook icon on Quick Launch toolbar did not work (and when I looked
at the shortcut property the word 'Recycled' had been added to the target). I went into Control Panel but most of the programs would not respond - eg User Accounts. Some like Printers did work. I had to resort to a System Restore to get back to where I had
been a couple of days earlier. Things then seemed OK, but today I switched on my PC and the problem had reoccurred. Again I did a System Restore, but I am worried that the fix will be temporary - and I have no idea what is causing the problem. Any ideas g
ratefully received.

Look at your proseses and see if anything is using more than 50% i had
one using 99%, i used a program called hijack this to remove it and
all was fine.

Do a control alt delete and end explorer.exe then try to load your
apps, you wont have a desktop anymore but you know where you exe's are
for your programs, could be a good idea to place some shortcuts in a
directory on your c:\ drive to make it easier to fine them.



On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 17:56:04 -0700, KevinC
wrote:

DId you have any luck. I am experieincing the same peoblem? My e-mail is

----- Tony wrote: -----

The otehr day I turned on my PC, running XP Professional, to find a number of desktop icons gave no response when clicked. My dial-up connection didn't respond for example. Alsothe Outlook icon on Quick Launch toolbar did not work (and when I looked
at the shortcut property the word 'Recycled' had been added to the target). I went into Control Panel but most of the programs would not respond - eg User Accounts. Some like Printers did work. I had to resort to a System Restore to get back to where I had
been a couple of days earlier. Things then seemed OK, but today I switched on my PC and the problem had reoccurred. Again I did a System Restore, but I am worried that the fix will be temporary - and I have no idea what is causing the problem. Any ideas g
ratefully received.

Look at your proseses and see if anything is using more than 50% i had
one using 99%, i used a program called hijack this to remove it and
all was fine.

Do a control alt delete and end explorer.exe then try to load your
apps, you wont have a desktop anymore but you know where you exe's are
for your programs, could be a good idea to place some shortcuts in a
directory on your c:\ drive to make it easier to fine them.



On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 17:56:04 -0700, KevinC
wrote:

DId you have any luck. I am experieincing the same peoblem? My e-mail is

----- Tony wrote: -----

The otehr day I turned on my PC, running XP Professional, to find a number of desktop icons gave no response when clicked. My dial-up connection didn't respond for example. Alsothe Outlook icon on Quick Launch toolbar did not work (and when I looked
at the shortcut property the word 'Recycled' had been added to the target). I went into Control Panel but most of the programs would not respond - eg User Accounts. Some like Printers did work. I had to resort to a System Restore to get back to where I had
been a couple of days earlier. Things then seemed OK, but today I switched on my PC and the problem had reoccurred. Again I did a System Restore, but I am worried that the fix will be temporary - and I have no idea what is causing the problem. Any ideas g
ratefully received.

Look at your proseses and see if anything is using more than 50% i had
one using 99%, i used a program called hijack this to remove it and
all was fine.

Do a control alt delete and end explorer.exe then try to load your
apps, you wont have a desktop anymore but you know where you exe's are
for your programs, could be a good idea to place some shortcuts in a
directory on your c:\ drive to make it easier to fine them.



On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 17:56:04 -0700, KevinC
wrote:

DId you have any luck. I am experieincing the same peoblem? My e-mail is

----- Tony wrote: -----

The otehr day I turned on my PC, running XP Professional, to find a number of desktop icons gave no response when clicked. My dial-up connection didn't respond for example. Alsothe Outlook icon on Quick Launch toolbar did not work (and when I looked
at the shortcut property the word 'Recycled' had been added to the target). I went into Control Panel but most of the programs would not respond - eg User Accounts. Some like Printers did work. I had to resort to a System Restore to get back to where I had
been a couple of days earlier. Things then seemed OK, but today I switched on my PC and the problem had reoccurred. Again I did a System Restore, but I am worried that the fix will be temporary - and I have no idea what is causing the problem. Any ideas g
ratefully received.

Look at your proseses and see if anything is using more than 50% i had
one using 99%, i used a program called hijack this to remove it and
all was fine.

Do a control alt delete and end explorer.exe then try to load your
apps, you wont have a desktop anymore but you know where you exe's are
for your programs, could be a good idea to place some shortcuts in a
directory on your c:\ drive to make it easier to fine them.



On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 17:56:04 -0700, KevinC
wrote:

DId you have any luck. I am experieincing the same peoblem? My e-mail is

----- Tony wrote: -----

The otehr day I turned on my PC, running XP Professional, to find a number of desktop icons gave no response when clicked. My dial-up connection didn't respond for example. Alsothe Outlook icon on Quick Launch toolbar did not work (and when I looked
at the shortcut property the word 'Recycled' had been added to the target). I went into Control Panel but most of the programs would not respond - eg User Accounts. Some like Printers did work. I had to resort to a System Restore to get back to where I had
been a couple of days earlier. Things then seemed OK, but today I switched on my PC and the problem had reoccurred. Again I did a System Restore, but I am worried that the fix will be temporary - and I have no idea what is causing the problem. Any ideas g
ratefully received.

Look at your proseses and see if anything is using more than 50% i had
one using 99%, i used a program called hijack this to remove it and
all was fine.

Do a control alt delete and end explorer.exe then try to load your
apps, you wont have a desktop anymore but you know where you exe's are
for your programs, could be a good idea to place some shortcuts in a
directory on your c:\ drive to make it easier to fine them.



On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 17:56:04 -0700, KevinC
wrote:

DId you have any luck. I am experieincing the same peoblem? My e-mail is

----- Tony wrote: -----

The otehr day I turned on my PC, running XP Professional, to find a number of desktop icons gave no response when clicked. My dial-up connection didn't respond for example. Alsothe Outlook icon on Quick Launch toolbar did not work (and when I looked
at the shortcut property the word 'Recycled' had been added to the target). I went into Control Panel but most of the programs would not respond - eg User Accounts. Some like Printers did work. I had to resort to a System Restore to get back to where I had
been a couple of days earlier. Things then seemed OK, but today I switched on my PC and the problem had reoccurred. Again I did a System Restore, but I am worried that the fix will be temporary - and I have no idea what is causing the problem. Any ideas g
ratefully received.

Look at your proseses and see if anything is using more than 50% i had
one using 99%, i used a program called hijack this to remove it and
all was fine.

Do a control alt delete and end explorer.exe then try to load your
apps, you wont have a desktop anymore but you know where you exe's are
for your programs, could be a good idea to place some shortcuts in a
directory on your c:\ drive to make it easier to fine them.



On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 17:56:04 -0700, KevinC
wrote:

DId you have any luck. I am experieincing the same peoblem? My e-mail is

----- Tony wrote: -----

The otehr day I turned on my PC, running XP Professional, to find a number of desktop icons gave no response when clicked. My dial-up connection didn't respond for example. Alsothe Outlook icon on Quick Launch toolbar did not work (and when I looked
at the shortcut property the word 'Recycled' had been added to the target). I went into Control Panel but most of the programs would not respond - eg User Accounts. Some like Printers did work. I had to resort to a System Restore to get back to where I had
been a couple of days earlier. Things then seemed OK, but today I switched on my PC and the problem had reoccurred. Again I did a System Restore, but I am worried that the fix will be temporary - and I have no idea what is causing the problem. Any ideas g
ratefully received.

Look at your proseses and see if anything is using more than 50% i had
one using 99%, i used a program called hijack this to remove it and
all was fine.

Do a control alt delete and end explorer.exe then try to load your
apps, you wont have a desktop anymore but you know where you exe's are
for your programs, could be a good idea to place some shortcuts in a
directory on your c:\ drive to make it easier to fine them.



On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 17:56:04 -0700, KevinC
wrote:

DId you have any luck. I am experieincing the same peoblem? My e-mail is

----- Tony wrote: -----

The otehr day I turned on my PC, running XP Professional, to find a number of desktop icons gave no response when clicked. My dial-up connection didn't respond for example. Alsothe Outlook icon on Quick Launch toolbar did not work (and when I looked
at the shortcut property the word 'Recycled' had been added to the target). I went into Control Panel but most of the programs would not respond - eg User Accounts. Some like Printers did work. I had to resort to a System Restore to get back to where I had
been a couple of days earlier. Things then seemed OK, but today I switched on my PC and the problem had reoccurred. Again I did a System Restore, but I am worried that the fix will be temporary - and I have no idea what is causing the problem. Any ideas g
ratefully received.