Control Panel items not opening

[bmd2k3]

I had to do a reinstall of Win98SE....now when I open the control panel....none of the icons will open. Click 'em and nothing ever happens.

Any ideas ?

Thanks in advance...
-Brian

 

[ccrb]

see if notepad.exe will open. If it doesn't then it could be something as simple as the sircam virus. No .exe files will open with sircam.

 

[bmd2k3]

Notepad works fines....as do just about all of the other programs (Word, Excel, IE etc)

What's interesting though is some of the programs with desktop icons don't respond when I click the icon...but do if I go to start/programs etc. SpyBot for example.

Interesting though.....I see Norton Antivirus "running" in the system tray.....when I open a Word/Excel doc I see "requesting" virus scan....I can go into the Norton A/V Configure screen....but I can't Open Norton A/V at all.

-Brian

 

[2cornflakes]

Will the stuff like spybot and NAV run in safe mode?

 

[bmd2k3]

SpyBot actually runs if you go to start/programs.

Scanned for Sircam....none found.

In safe mode all the control panel items seem to function and Norton A/V can be fired up. Scanning complete system for viruses now.


-Brian

 

[bmd2k3]

No viruses found.

When booting in Normal mode...still can not run any of the control panel items or Norton A/V.


-brian

 

[bmd2k3]

Should also add that if I try to Open Printer Properties...that too fails.


-Brian

 

[bmd2k3]

Also....

Start/Shutdown or Start/Restart do not work. Doing a
<cntl><alt><delete> then selecting shutdown does work.


-Brian

 

[iolair]

Sounds like the registry may be corrupted. If possible, boot to a command line session, then run scanreg. It can fix a lot of problems and then rebuild the database to optimize the registry.

Iolair MacWalter

 

[xor01]

Hey Brian,
I have a system that I am trying to fix that has the same problems that you are experiencing. None of the icons in control panel will open. I can't shut down or restart the computer from start menu etc... I was wondering if you had any luck resolving the problem.

Also If it helps you can open control panel icons by going into C:\windows\system and right clicking and selecting Open with Control Panel files with .cpl extension. For example Sysdm.cpl will open System Properties, Appwiz.cpl will open Add/Remove Programs, etc...

Brandon

 

[xor01]

I found the problem to be the W32.Protoride.Worm. Once I removed it everything was back to normal. Go here if you want more info:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.protoride.worm.html

Brandon