Removal of Icon from control panel

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oldman - 31 Jul 2007 09:16 GMT

I have an icon inthe control panel screen for a program that has been
removed from the system. How do i get the icon off the control panel?

TIA

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oldman - 31 Jul 2007 15:24 GMT

Thanks got it off

>I have an icon inthe control panel screen for a program that has been
>removed from the system. How do i get the icon off the control panel?
>
>TIA

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nikola66@gmail.com - 01 Aug 2007 00:12 GMT

> Thanks got it off
>
> >I have an icon inthe control panel screen for a program that has been
> >removed from the system. How do i get the icon off the control panel?
>
> >TIA

you might be interested also in using the Windows XP powertoy from
Microsoft "TweakUI" .....
Google it ....., Download it.

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NEO

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nass - 31 Jul 2007 17:20 GMT

> I have an icon inthe control panel screen for a program that has been
> removed from the system. How do i get the icon off the control panel?
>
> TIA

Hi OldMan,
"Removing Invalid Entries in the Add/Remove Programs Tool"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310750/en-us
HTH.
nass
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Ken Blake, MVP - 31 Jul 2007 18:10 GMT

> I have an icon inthe control panel screen for a program that has been
> removed from the system. How do i get the icon off the control panel?

Each item in the Control Panel is a representation of a file with the
.cpl extension in \Windows\System32. Locate the corresponding file
(the name should make it apparent which it is) and delete it.

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