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Old 07-13-2008   #1 (permalink)


vista home premium 32bit
 
 

cannot access control panel

When try to get into the control panel, i get a message that says Windows Explorer has stopped working, then one that says Windows will restart your computer and it does. Keeps up this cycle. I have Vista 32bit, have run spyware and virus scans. HELP.

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Old 07-13-2008   #2 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1....
 
 

Re: cannot access control panel

Hi, rebwriter, and welcome to the forums.

Run SFC /Scannow from a CMD prompt.
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Old 07-14-2008   #3 (permalink)


Vista Enterprise x64
 
 

Re: cannot access control panel

You can also try instead of launching the Control Panel from the start menu

start > run > type control > press enter

See if that makes any difference on the launch. Might not make a difference just trying to throw some new things out there to try.
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Old 07-15-2008   #4 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1....
 
 

Re: cannot access control panel

Good point academis - it could very well be just a start menu problem....
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