No Icons in Control Panel

Open the Control Pane,click on View,Toolbars and make sure that you have a check by Standard buttons,also at the boot of drop down is the Refresh to select

The problem could be caused by a corruupt file
Boot the computer into Safe Mode and thenopen Windows Explorer,open the Windows folder and delete the ShellIconCache
Reboot

Follow These Steps My Computer, Tools, Folder Options, View, Show Hidden Files And Folders

Also Check In The Registry By Pressing Alt R And Typing Regedit Go To H_KEY Current User, Control Panel,Explorer, Apps, Hide Icon Is Set To 0x00000000 Or Value Not Set And If That Doesnt Work Try Going To www.Regedit.com
or support.microsoft.com

also if that regedit thing i said dont work hit F3 and keep hitting F3 till the object on the right called hide icons comes up make sure its the same value 0x0000000
Goodluck Bro

Try this MS article:

http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q133733&LNG=ENG&SA=AL&

You could try creating a new control panel. First of all create a new folder then call it this exact name:
Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}