Guest Baron Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 I'm running XP Pro and recently noticed that I can no longer open System Properties from control panel. I also tried Win-key + Break-key and that also does not open System Properties. However, I am able to get to Computer Management either from control panel or from My Computer|Manage. I tried starting in safe mode as a test but was still not able to open System Properties. Also, I am the administrator. Any ideas?
Guest JF Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Re: System Properties will not open from control panel *Bonjour Baron * ! <news:C5C2CF8B-83D0-43DB-9812-B16636EC461F@microsoft.com> > I'm running XP Pro and recently noticed that I can no longer open System > Properties from control panel. I also tried Win-key + Break-key and that also > does not open System Properties. However, I am able to get to Computer > Management either from control panel or from My Computer|Manage. > I tried starting in safe mode as a test but was still not able to open > System Properties. Also, I am the administrator. Any ideas? Try WIN+Pause instead WIN+Break Try this answer to this issue : 83. Properties Missing From My Computer http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/properties.reg ==> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer NoPropertiesMyComputer=0 Immediate effect. -- Regards, Jean-François
Guest Gerry Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Re: System Properties will not open from control panel Baron The Control Panel applet for System is sysdm.cpl. You could try TweakUi. Download TweakUI, one of the MS powertoys, from here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp In TweakUi select My Computer, Control Panel. You can see a complete list of Control Panel extensions. The one for mouse, keyboard etc is sysdm.cpl. Check the box before to display or uncheck to hide and click on Apply and OK. It quite common for malware to attack the means of restoring the computer and if sysdm.cpl is missing from the list in TweakUi it would not be a surprise. A copy of main.cpl is to be found in c:\windows\system32 and there is a backup copy in c:\windows\system32\dllcache. Using Windows Explorer check to see if one or both are present. You most likely need to enable Show hidden files. Go to Start, Control Panel, Folder Options, View, Advanced Settings and verify that the box before "Show hidden files and folders" is checked and "Hide protected operating system files " is unchecked. You may need to scroll down to see the second item. You should also make certain that the box before "Hide extensions for known file types" is not checked. Next in Windows Explorer make sure View, Details is selected and then select View, Choose Details and check before Name, Type, Total Size, and Free Space. The normal way to restore missing or damaged files in the system32 folder is to use the System File Checker tool. Try Start, Run, type "sfc /scannow" without quotes and hit Enter. Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker (Sfc.exe) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310747 You will need your Windows XP CD. You may encounter problems if your CD does not include SP3 as seems likely. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute Baron wrote: > I'm running XP Pro and recently noticed that I can no longer open > System Properties from control panel. I also tried Win-key + > Break-key and that also does not open System Properties. However, I > am able to get to Computer Management either from control panel or > from My Computer|Manage. > I tried starting in safe mode as a test but was still not able to open > System Properties. Also, I am the administrator. Any ideas?
Guest Baron Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 Re: System Properties will not open from control panel Thanks for the information guys! The following registry entry fixed the problem. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoPropertiesMyComputer"=dword:00000000 Thanks again for your help! "JF" wrote: > *Bonjour Baron * ! > <news:C5C2CF8B-83D0-43DB-9812-B16636EC461F@microsoft.com> > > > I'm running XP Pro and recently noticed that I can no longer open System > > Properties from control panel. I also tried Win-key + Break-key and that also > > does not open System Properties. However, I am able to get to Computer > > Management either from control panel or from My Computer|Manage. > > I tried starting in safe mode as a test but was still not able to open > > System Properties. Also, I am the administrator. Any ideas? > > Try WIN+Pause instead WIN+Break > > Try this answer to this issue : > 83. Properties Missing From My Computer > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/properties.reg > ==> > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer > NoPropertiesMyComputer=0 > > Immediate effect. > > -- > Regards, Jean-François > > >
Guest JF Posted August 6, 2008 Posted August 6, 2008 [PLAIN]Re: System Properties will not open from control panel [solved][/PLAIN] Re: System Properties will not open from control panel [solved] *Bonjour Baron * ! <news:7002D1B4-227E-49EF-904D-6F60E75352C0@microsoft.com> > Thanks for the information guys! > The following registry entry fixed the problem. > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] > "NoPropertiesMyComputer"=dword:00000000 > Thanks again for your help! Thank you for the feedback ! Do you have any idea how it came ? -- Regards, Jean-François
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