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Missing User Tool in Control Panel

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by rshumate

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My PC at work running w95 has "Users" icon in Control Panel. My PC at home running w95 does not. Why? A technet article says it comes from IE4 or greater. But I installed IE5.5 and still no User tool in Control Panel. TweakUI is not installed. How do I get this function on home PC?

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by thechas

If the User options in control panel come from IE4, then they are part of active desktop.

I don't have a 95 box hooked up right now to check on things.

One work-around, would be to uninstal IE5.5, and then install IE4. Make sure to check yes to install active desktop.
Then, install IE5.5.

I know that I saw a way to install Active Desktop without removing newer versions of IE first, but I don't remember where.

Chas

by mdelyea

Try going to control panel and clicking on the passwords icon. Under user profiles, select Users can customize their settings etc., and click ok. You may have to reboot.

by rshumate

Thanks again. I found this article also which is why I indicated in my original question that I did not have TweakUI installed. Thus it can not be "hidding" the Users icon.
I have confirmed that the inetcpl.cpl refered to in the article does produce the Users Icon and Internet Options icon in the control panel. This seems to be proof that the Users Icon is tied directly to Internet Explorer installation.

by gigelul

I don't have a Win95 box to check this, but I think you must check your Win95 CD for some advanced/supplement package to enable "Users" icon in control panel (possible to be ). I don't think that IE can do that.

by rshumate

I confirmed that uninstalling current version of IE and then installing IE 4.01 does create the Users icon in the Control Panel. You may then go back and update to the current version of IE without losing the Users panel.
The tricky part is finding IE 4.01 to install.

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