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by gerryclarke

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after failing to do a restore i ran scanreg /restore which seemed to of solved problem. client phoned back saying asll his icons are missing from control panel and i cannot figure out where the have gone have tried most things but am sure there mustbe others

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by dklippert

You don't mention the version, her are some articles

(Type the Q number in the search box at www.microsoft.com/technet)

W 3.1
Only One or Two Icons in Control Panel [Q86531]

W 98
Icons Missing in Control Panel [Q132885]

W NT
ReplacingMissing Control Panel Icons [Q173132]

W XP
Description of Control Panel Files in Windows XP [Q313808]

by gerryclarke

sorry that engrosed i assumed everyone new what i was working on. windows me
going directly to control panel from start setting it lists 33 items but only 5 are displayed.
tried accessing thro my computer still same
tried [Q173132]
but not relevent as i am not accessing thro shortcut

by greatone12

In the windows directory there should be a start menu file, may be easiest to do search. The restore probably wouldn't have saved this information and i believe it is lost, but shortcuts can be created and reburnt to a different CD for future problems.

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