Extra Add & Remove Icons in Control Panel

[Guest Alan]

Hi all,

 

A few weeks ago right after I first installed -- and then uninstalled --

SP3, I noticed I had an extra Add & Remove icon in my Control Panel.

Although the 'extra' A & R showed a generic icon, it brought up the usual

Add and Remove application.

 

A few days later, it then had the usual A & R icon. Once again, both icons

invoked the Add and Remove application as expected.

 

After I did a System Restore a few days ago for another issue -- which also

brought back SP3 -- I noticed I now have THREE Add & Remove icons.

 

I'm running XP Home and, as I mentioned, SP3 is once again installed.

 

The PC is clean of viruses and malware, at least according to Avast, SpyBot,

Super AntiSpyware and Windows Defender. I'm using the native XP firewall.

 

While I'm curious as to why I might be getting these extra icons, I'm more

interested in how I can remove them from the Control Panel?

 

Right-clicking on them gives only two options: Open and Create Shortcut.

 

Is there some place in the registry I need to go to remove them, and if so,

where? Or is there some other sort of tweak that is available?

 

Thanks.

 

Alan

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: Extra Add & Remove Icons in Control Panel

 

The date and time was 5/25/2008 3:39 PM, and on a whim, Alan pounded out

on the keyboard:

> Hi all,

>

> A few weeks ago right after I first installed -- and then uninstalled --

> SP3, I noticed I had an extra Add & Remove icon in my Control Panel.

> Although the 'extra' A & R showed a generic icon, it brought up the usual

> Add and Remove application.

>

> A few days later, it then had the usual A & R icon. Once again, both icons

> invoked the Add and Remove application as expected.

>

> After I did a System Restore a few days ago for another issue -- which also

> brought back SP3 -- I noticed I now have THREE Add & Remove icons.

>

> I'm running XP Home and, as I mentioned, SP3 is once again installed.

>

> The PC is clean of viruses and malware, at least according to Avast, SpyBot,

> Super AntiSpyware and Windows Defender. I'm using the native XP firewall.

>

> While I'm curious as to why I might be getting these extra icons, I'm more

> interested in how I can remove them from the Control Panel?

>

> Right-clicking on them gives only two options: Open and Create Shortcut.

>

> Is there some place in the registry I need to go to remove them, and if so,

> where? Or is there some other sort of tweak that is available?

>

> Thanks.

>

> Alan

>

>

 

Hi Alan,

 

Usually the CPL files are in the system32 folder. That one is

appwiz.cpl. Do a search of your hard drive for other copies. I have

two, the other one being in my i386 folder. If you find them in other

locations, try renaming them and see if the icons disappear in CP, as

they might also be in the path. If so, remove the renamed copies.

 

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[Guest Alan]

Re: Extra Add & Remove Icons in Control Panel

 

Hi Terry,

 

As it turned out I had one appwiz.cpl in my I386 folder and three --

appwiz.cpl, appwiz(2) and appwiz(3) -- in my system32 directory. All three

had the exact same properties and all were time-stamped 4/14/08.

 

In fact, there are 1800 or so files that have April 14, 2008 as the modified

date in my system32 folder.

 

Are all these 4/14/08 files from SP3??

 

In any case, replacing the appwiz.cpl in my system32 folder with the one

that's in my I386 folder got rid of the extra Add & Remove icons in my

Control Panel.

 

Thanks very much.

 

Alan

 

"Terry R." <F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message

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> The date and time was 5/25/2008 3:39 PM, and on a whim, Alan pounded out

> on the keyboard:

>

>> Hi all,

>>

>> A few weeks ago right after I first installed -- and then uninstalled --

>> SP3, I noticed I had an extra Add & Remove icon in my Control Panel.

>> Although the 'extra' A & R showed a generic icon, it brought up the usual

>> Add and Remove application.

>>

>> A few days later, it then had the usual A & R icon. Once again, both

>> icons invoked the Add and Remove application as expected.

>>

>> After I did a System Restore a few days ago for another issue -- which

>> also brought back SP3 -- I noticed I now have THREE Add & Remove icons.

>>

>> I'm running XP Home and, as I mentioned, SP3 is once again installed.

>>

>> The PC is clean of viruses and malware, at least according to Avast,

>> SpyBot, Super AntiSpyware and Windows Defender. I'm using the native XP

>> firewall.

>>

>> While I'm curious as to why I might be getting these extra icons, I'm

>> more interested in how I can remove them from the Control Panel?

>>

>> Right-clicking on them gives only two options: Open and Create Shortcut.

>>

>> Is there some place in the registry I need to go to remove them, and if

>> so, where? Or is there some other sort of tweak that is available?

>>

>> Thanks.

>>

>> Alan

>

> Hi Alan,

>

> Usually the CPL files are in the system32 folder. That one is appwiz.cpl.

> Do a search of your hard drive for other copies. I have two, the other one

> being in my i386 folder. If you find them in other locations, try

> renaming them and see if the icons disappear in CP, as they might also be

> in the path. If so, remove the renamed copies.

>

> --

> Terry R.

>

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[Guest Terry R.]

Re: Extra Add & Remove Icons in Control Panel

 

The date and time was 5/25/2008 4:54 PM, and on a whim, Alan pounded out

on the keyboard:

> Hi Terry,

>

> As it turned out I had one appwiz.cpl in my I386 folder and three --

> appwiz.cpl, appwiz(2) and appwiz(3) -- in my system32 directory. All three

> had the exact same properties and all were time-stamped 4/14/08.

>

> In fact, there are 1800 or so files that have April 14, 2008 as the modified

> date in my system32 folder.

>

> Are all these 4/14/08 files from SP3??

>

> In any case, replacing the appwiz.cpl in my system32 folder with the one

> that's in my I386 folder got rid of the extra Add & Remove icons in my

> Control Panel.

>

> Thanks very much.

>

> Alan

>

> "Terry R." <F1Com@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message

> news:%23S68EsrvIHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> The date and time was 5/25/2008 3:39 PM, and on a whim, Alan pounded out

>> on the keyboard:

>>

>>> Hi all,

>>>

>>> A few weeks ago right after I first installed -- and then uninstalled --

>>> SP3, I noticed I had an extra Add & Remove icon in my Control Panel.

>>> Although the 'extra' A & R showed a generic icon, it brought up the usual

>>> Add and Remove application.

>>>

>>> A few days later, it then had the usual A & R icon. Once again, both

>>> icons invoked the Add and Remove application as expected.

>>>

>>> After I did a System Restore a few days ago for another issue -- which

>>> also brought back SP3 -- I noticed I now have THREE Add & Remove icons.

>>>

>>> I'm running XP Home and, as I mentioned, SP3 is once again installed.

>>>

>>> The PC is clean of viruses and malware, at least according to Avast,

>>> SpyBot, Super AntiSpyware and Windows Defender. I'm using the native XP

>>> firewall.

>>>

>>> While I'm curious as to why I might be getting these extra icons, I'm

>>> more interested in how I can remove them from the Control Panel?

>>>

>>> Right-clicking on them gives only two options: Open and Create Shortcut.

>>>

>>> Is there some place in the registry I need to go to remove them, and if

>>> so, where? Or is there some other sort of tweak that is available?

>>>

>>> Thanks.

>>>

>>> Alan

>> Hi Alan,

>>

>> Usually the CPL files are in the system32 folder. That one is appwiz.cpl.

>> Do a search of your hard drive for other copies. I have two, the other one

>> being in my i386 folder. If you find them in other locations, try

>> renaming them and see if the icons disappear in CP, as they might also be

>> in the path. If so, remove the renamed copies.

>>

>

 

I just checked my system32 folder and it appears SP3 did place the files

dated 4-14-08. Why you wound up with the additional appwiz.cpl files is

strange. But at least it's resolved.

 

Good to hear,

 

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