TSGL: Add/Remove missing

[H Davis]

Don,

Right click the Start button then click Properties, Advanced and under 
Start Menu Items, see which of the Control Panel selections is checked.

H Davis

Don Penlington wrote:
> XP Pro SP2. Single User Administrator.
>
> For some unknown reason, Add/Remove programs suddenly disappeared from my 
> Control Panel.
>
> Can I restore it manually? I can restore it via TweakUI, and in fact I have 
> done that. But I am curious as to how it suddenly might have gone missing, 
> and how one might restore it without TweakUI.
>
> The appropriate file is Appwiz.cpl in System32. Running that file or a 
> shortcut to it opens the function in the normal way also. But it won't drag 
> into Control Panel.
>
> I have a shortcut to it in a "General Utilities" desktop folder. That 
> works, so at least I know it is still functional. The items in Control 
> Panel don't appear to be normal shortcuts. I tried copying the shortcut 
> into Control Panel, but it won't go.
>
> It's not a problem, I'm just curious. So I don't expect anyone to go to any 
> lengths to research an answer.
>
>   Control Panel seems to be an unusual sort of beast. It acts as if it were 
> simply a folder with shortcuts pointing to the various System32 .cpl files. 
> But they don't seem to be shortcuts in the usual way, nor can you drop 
> anything into it. Yet obviously its contents are not hardwired into the 
> system, as they can be added or removed at will via TweakUI.
>
>   I suspect its contents are probably controlled by registry entries.
>
> Don Penlington
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