Control panel

How can I put a control panel icon on my desktop. Right 
clicking on it does not allow it to be sent.

Thanks

How about left click and drag? Works for me.

Neil

1.    Open Windows Explorer
2.    Scroll down until you see Control Panel
3.    Click once to highlight it
4.    From the Windows Explorer Toolbar select:
       File > Control Panel > Create Shortcut

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| How can I put a control panel icon on my desktop. Right 
| clicking on it does not allow it to be sent.
| 
| Thanks

Hi Ted,

Right click the Desktop/New/Shortcut.  Type in Control, name it, finish.

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>> How can I put a control panel icon on my desktop. Right
>> clicking on it does not allow it to be sent.
>>
>> Thanks

from my start button I click on control panel.My control 
panel comes in a list not like before they were Icons.
I must of hit the wrong button someplace to change it. 
Any one have any ideas?
 thanks in advance
 Frank  

When the window opens after you've clicked on Control panel, you should have
on the left side of the window a list of choices. Under the heading Control
panel click 'Switch to Category View' this should change it back.

Hope this helps :)

Hi Frank,

Right click the Start button/Properties/Customize/Advanced/Control
Panel/Display as a link.  View/Icons.

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>> from my start button I click on control panel.My control
>> panel comes in a list not like before they were Icons.
>> I must of hit the wrong button someplace to change it.
>> Any one have any ideas?
>>  thanks in advance
>>  Frank

I have recently removed/uninstalled programs from my 
computer through the Control Panel and selectingoption to 
change/remove.  Even after rebooting the computer some of 
these programs area still listed in the Control Panel 
under Add/Remove Programs, when I click on the program to 
attempt to remove it again it states that either the file 
name and/or program is not there.  How do I remove it 
from the Add/Remove Programs listing?

Hi Lauren,

To remove orphaned entries from the Add/Remove applet in Control Panel, try
this:

1. Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
2. Locate the following key in the registry:
3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
4. Make sure you backup the keys by exporting them to a .reg file.
5. Look for the name of the program with the orphaned entry.
6. Delete the entire listing for the software with the orphaned entry.
7. Close the registry editor.
8. Restart your computer.

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I have recently removed/uninstalled programs from my
computer through the Control Panel and selectingoption to
change/remove.  Even after rebooting the computer some of
these programs area still listed in the Control Panel
under Add/Remove Programs, when I click on the program to
attempt to remove it again it states that either the file
name and/or program is not there.  How do I remove it
from the Add/Remove Programs listing?

I have got 1 software which i can't remove in add/remove 
software. I used the software uninstall function to 
uninstall it but it still appears in the currently 
installed programs list. Is there any other way to remove 
it?

The program may have been uninstalled, only the Add/Remove entry is not
removed.

You may either clear the invalid entries manually by editing the registry
(or) download iolo technology's System Mechanic (www.iolo.com). It is a nice
utility using which you can clear the invalid Add/Remove entries.

To remove the invalid/orphaned entries from the Add/Remove applet manually
[Windows 2000/XP]

1. Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
2. Locate the following key in the registry:
3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
4. Make sure you backup the keys by exporting them to a .reg file.
5. Look for the name of the program with the orphaned entry.
6. Delete the entire listing for the software with the orphaned entry.
7. Close the registry editor.
8. Restart your computer.

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I have got 1 software which i can't remove in add/remove
software. I used the software uninstall function to
uninstall it but it still appears in the currently
installed programs list. Is there any other way to remove
it?

I am using XP Pro and have all of the updates. I am having 
a problem with my Control Panel. When I go 
to 'Start' 'Control Panel' I get a list of all the feature 
in the control panel but at least one option is missing 
and I cannot change the view. can anyone please help me.
Happy Holidays and thank you,
George

I am tryign to change the desktop background but 
everytime I go into my control panel and choose the 
option to choose desktop background the box that comes up 
so that I can chnage it simply flashes on then flashes 
back off within second or does not come up at all.  What 
can I do?

Could someone please tell me the name of the control panel 
file ( that executes the control panel) as I would like to 
add it to a toolbar...

Thanks

It's not a file.

In earlier versions of Windows, you could create custom shortcuts such as
you suggest - see, for example, my page on how to add this and many others
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But this doesn't work in Windows XP. The technology is different. Control
Panel used to be an actual folder. Now it's merely display code that fakes a
folder to display a certain list of items.

Here's something you *can* do, though - search for all of the Control Panel
files - they all have .CPL endings - and make shortcuts to every one of
them. Put these shortcuts in a new folder, and add *that* folder to the
toolbar.

In fact, if you make a separate toolbar of the folder and add it to an edge
that already has a toolbar, then shove the other toolbar to its maximum size
so that only the "Control Panel" label and the >> chevrons appear (this is
much easier to do than to say - sorry if it's obscure!!). You'll end up with
a single-click cascading menu listing each of your individual Control Panel
items.

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