I asked one of our PC gurus, and he said try the "CPL File Association Fix" link at this site: File Association Fixes -dan
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David, If it helps, he says he's sure it's a file association problem, so you might use the XP entries as a guide for the file types to look for, and try to fix them manually. Maybe that'll at least narrow it down for you. -dan
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I am trying to recover operations on a PC that had a virus. I managed to get everything up and going, but then discovered that all the applications in the Control Panel had ceased functioning. I think that there are settings in the registry that can cure this, but that's about all I know. Any help and assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Dave
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Thank you. TweakUI is useless in this case, because TweakUI runs from the control panel, and all control panel apps have been rendered inoperative. further info After more research, I discovered that the problem was a particularly nasty virus called the MSUpdate Hijack, or the Cool Web Search worm. A rogue Argentinian file called MSUpdate was placed in my startup and all executables run from it. Removing the file (MSUpdate.exe) will render all executables inoperative. I hope to get a solution from McAfee this week. Dave
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