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by kenogami

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For some reason I have lost my control panel icon. I have had trouble with REGEDIT, System restore and Control Panel. When I tried to open any of thede I got a notice that these items were disabled by the administrator. After hours of cleaning my registry, I got back REGEDIT and System Restore. I still cannot get my Control Panel access back. I am running WIndows XP Pro on a Hp Pavilion 6745c computer. Can anyone help. I am not a pro but I have been doing computer work for 7 years. Just a beginner.

Thanks for any info,
Randy

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by fred123456

You may need to change settings in your Local Group Policy.

Since you can't get in to Control Panel get it this way.

Go to Start->Run-> type in "MMC" and press enter.

You will get a blank control window where you have to add the GP snap in.

With Console Root highlighted go up to and click on File and click on Add/Remove Snap in.

I the Add/Remove Snap in dialog box, click on "Add" in the bottom left corner.

Find "Group Policy Object Editor" in the list and choose it. It should automatically default to the local computer so just click "Finish" then Close, Close, and OK. You should now have an option to view the GP for your PC.

Next step searching the web for the GP area that controls control panel access.

try User Config->Administrative Tools->Control Panel

by kenogami

It's still not working, Could you explain what you meant by search the web for GP? Also try User Config Administrative Tools Control Panel, is this a run CMD command?

Thanks,
Randy

by kenogami

I found that somehow my registry was changed. In HKLM/Microsoft/Windows/Current/Version/Policies/Explorer in the link NoControlPanel, I changed the data value to 0 from 1. I got Control Panel back.
Thanks to all for any help and or suggestions.

Randy

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