How to remove invalid icon from control panel

[bunty18]

I install win xp pro with service pack 2 on a PC. For some reason there are two additional icons in the control panel with no names and no display picture on them. I cannot open them and cannot delete them.

Is there anyway I can remove them from the control panel?

Thanks

 

[bborissov]

In your Windows\system32 folder there are a bunch of CPL files. Those files are aplets for Control panel. Try to move one by one until you get desired result )
Also in registry:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\Extended Properties\{305CA226-D286-468e-B848-2B2E8E697B74} 2
also all aplets are described.

Borislav Borissov
VFP9 SP1, SQL Server 2000/2005.

 

[jdemmi]

Or use tweakui to do it...probably safer

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

-- Jason
"It's Just Ones and Zeros

 

[linney]

Was this an upgrade or a clean install?

http://groups.google.com/groups?sou...n&q="control+panel"+unknown+applet+OR+icon+xp

 

[bcastner]

See also:

How to remove an invalid icon in the Control Panel?:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cpicon.htm

 

[bunty18]

Thanks guys . The problem was fixed.