Solved Control panel wont open

Hello
for about 5 months now i have been trying to open control panel. i found a way to get into add or remove programs through computer then click the arrow into other things but we recently got wireless internet and i need to get into network connections or whatever it is which is in control panel. i tried to get it through the long way but it wont open.
This is what the error is:
I go start, control panel. it loads about half of the icons then a dialogue box pops up saying windows explorer has stopped working, looking for a solution etc etc.
Then it restarts windows explorer.
and i still cant access control panel. even though i can access all of the stuff except network connections (which i really need to get wireless) i still want to be able to go into and click control panel and for it to work.
any solutions?

Icons are missing from Control Panel, or you cannot start Control Panel, the Welcome Center, or games in Windows Vista
first try this hotifx...it should work...if not ...try upgrading to vista sp1 if you are interested..the link is provided below

http://www.vistax64.com/vista-news/113157-windows-vista-sp1-rc-standalone-public-release.html

I had this issue once on a new dell machine out of the box. There was a service that was not running. Once I made it run the Control Panel would open. The service was called "software licensing".
Raj

I have logged in only to say THANKS!
I was messing around the services and thats the one I disabled so I had same problem.
Now evth is great!
Thx again!
hrvoje