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  1. April 25th, 2004, 03:58 AM #1
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    Angry XP control panel applets

    when trying to open any applet item within control panel the item just pops on screen, so it does open but disappears in a flash.. tried 're-installing/refreshing' xp from cd .. no joy .. frustrating as cannot change any properties ..
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  2. April 25th, 2004, 08:01 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by cheesybiscuit
    when trying to open any applet item within control panel the item just pops on screen, so it does open but disappears in a flash.. tried 're-installing/refreshing' xp from cd .. no joy .. frustrating as cannot change any properties ..
    are you able to use them in safe mode? what system changes have you made recently? have you tried system restore to a point when they were working?
    try going to start...run and typing...Control.exe Sysdm.cpl,,1 this should open the device manager just to see if you can access it by bypassing the control panel
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    Quote Originally Posted by DsLTech
    are you able to use them in safe mode? what system changes have you made recently? have you tried system restore to a point when they were working?
    try going to start...run and typing...Control.exe Sysdm.cpl,,1 this should open the device manager just to see if you can access it by bypassing the control panel

    mmm .. they worked in safe mode, so rebooted as normal and tried start>run>etc...and it still didn't work .. BUT on the of chance, i again ran control panel from the menu and hey presto! all was back to normal .. go figure! .. thanks for the reply, much appreciated
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