Missing Control Panel Icon

[bcsinc]

Does anyone know the .CPL filename for the Backup Devices or SCSI adaptors in control panel. I'm using Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server SP6 and Metaframe 1.8 SP3.

Thanks in advance,

Jim

 

[Killman]

The Devapps.CPL is the file you are looking for and is shared by Tape Devices and SCSI Adapter along with PCCard. All of these Icons are probably missing. Do a search for this file to see if it is in the System 32 directory. If it is there is a step to reset the Icons in Control panel if not you will need to get it from the NT CD. Let me know.

 

[Killman]

Another solution would be to copy the devapps.cpl file from another server to the System32 folder on the Terminal server.

 

[bcsinc]

I did what you said by copying the devapps.cpl from another server. Prior to copying, I tried to execute the file and got an error message, "No PCMCIA controller was found". Unfortunately, I received the same error after copying the new file.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Killman]

If you click on the file it will give you that error (it is shared by three CP applets). If it is now in the system32 folder and the icons dont show up in the control panel. At the command prompt type this command exactly including uppercase or cut and paste. C:\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_FillCache_RunDLL

This will resetup your control panel. Make sure that devapps.cpl is in the system32 folder before you run this command.

 

[bcsinc]

I also checked the devices and the pcmcia was disable. When I tried to start it, I got an error that no PCMCIA was found. What is the PCMCIA and what am I missing here?

 

[Killman]

Thats a Card typically used in a laptop for such items as Modem and NICS. It should be disabled. Like I said earlier in the thread there are three items in control panel that use the same CPL file (devapps.cpl)SCSI Adapters, Tape Devices, and PCCards (PCMCIA).

 

[bcsinc]

Killman,

Thank a million! It worked. Now I'm back to my original problem, maybe you can help. I have a NEC SCSI CD drive that I had installed and running on this server. I recently purchased a IDE CDRW and after installing it NT no longer recognized the SCSI CD. When the system boots the bios sees it and the same when the SCSI card boots. But, for some reason NT will not see it.

What do you think?

Thanks

 

[Killman]

So the SCSI device was working before you installed the IDE drive? When you run Disk Administrator do all the drives show up?

 

[bcsinc]

Negative, the only CD is the IDE drive.

 

[Killman]

Now that you have the control panel SCSI icon back, when you open SCSI Adapters does the SCSI card show up with the CD drive attached to it?

 

[bcsinc]

No, just the tape drive which is also attached to the SCSI.

 

[Killman]

If you unplug the IDE CDROM does NT pick up SCSI CD again? Did you say on boot the SCSI drive shows up?
Are there any errors in the System log?

 

[bcsinc]

That's a great suggestion. To answer your other questions, the SCSI drive does show up at boot and there are no errors in the system log. This leds me to believe it's some limitation within NT. It seems as if it may be corrected with something as easy as editing the registry. But, until I know the cause I can't have the solution.

Unfortunately, this server is at a remote site so I can't physically access it at the moment. This has been an issue I put on the back burner months ago. It does seem to me I did try what you said and the SCSI CD was recognized. But, I can't be sure. Maybe it has something to do with the IDE CD drivers?

In the meantime I'll be pursuing other avenues. If you have any other suggestions they will be more than welcome.

Thanks again.

 

[bcsinc]

Just to calarify the previous thread. When I said CD drivers, what I meant was the CD software drivers.

 

[Killman]

I would also try installing SP6a again, unless you already did after the installation. Microsoft recommends re-service packing a system after new hardware is installed.

 

[bcsinc]

Another good suggestion. Thanks for all the support. I hope to be in touch after I disable the IDE CD drive.

Thanks Again!

Jim