Control Panel/laptop

Why can't open my control panel, I have an Acer Aspire 5610.

Hello

Vista references apply to Windows 7.

What antivirus/antispyware/security products you have on your machine? Include everything that you never
a includes those that you uninstalled. (These can leave leftovers that can cause strange problems.)

A search for all most .cpl files will be in "C:\Windows\System32" However, you can have others.
Click on each of them at a time and see if we won't start – if so right-click on it and rename it using
cpZ as extension of the sort that we are to find. Retry Control Panel - if no joy persevering of all .cpl files.
(Note that other people find other subfolders under C:\Windows shouldn't be judged because they are not
Active).

Some of them are appwiz.cpl firewall.cpl, desk.cpl, powercfg.cpl, inetcpl.cpl, timedate.cpl and
others.

Try these in case the General corruption has a role to play:

Start - type this in the search box-> find COMMAND at the top and RIGHT CLICK – RUN AS ADMIN

Enter this at the command prompt - sfc/scannow

How to fix the system files of Windows 7 with the System File Checker
http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/1538-SFC-SCANNOW-Command-System-File-Checker.html

Then run checkdisk (chkdsk).

How to run check disk in Windows 7
http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html

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Icons do not appear in the Control Panel, or you cannot start Control Panel, the Welcome Center,
or games in Windows Vista
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/936686/en-us

The Control Panel window will not open in Windows Vista
http://www.tips4pc.com/articles/Windows%20Vista/control_panel_window_will_not_op.htm

It was reported a updated driver it has blocked, so have you updated drivers
lately? Also check the driver updates in Windows Updates.

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Check which could apply:

Windows Explorer crashes and then restarts when you access an element of third party on board
a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/978433

I hope this helps.

Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Bike - Mark Twain said it right.

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