Re: Duplicate Icon in Control Panel - Missing Icon from Desktop

Hi George,

I have the same software installed and don't have this issue.

See if any of this helps:

Restore My Network Places to the Desktop (Line 249)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

The icons listed in the Control Panel are found here in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr ent
Version\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace

Network Connections:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr ent
Version\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270
E}

To list one for don't load: NWC.CPL or NCPA.CPL

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr ent
Version\Control Panel\don't load

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"George Neuner" <gneuner2@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
>
> Shortly after installing Visual Studio .NET and MSDN on a Windows XP
> Pro machine, I noticed two odd things:
>
> 1) There are 2 copies of the Network Connections icon in the control
> panel. Both icons access the network connections folder. One icon's
> tooltip says "Connects to other computers, networks and the Internet"
> and right click allows Open, Explore and Create Shortcut.. The other
> icon's tooltip says "Configures network software" and right clicks
> allows Open and Create Shortcut ... but not Eplore.
>
> 2) The icon "My Network Places" disappeared from the Desktop.
>
>
> There have been no other changes to the software aside from the half
> dozen MS hot fixes that popped up in the last week. I have the
> Explorer option to hide unused icons turned off.
>
>
> I have scanned for duplicate CPL files and found only a few in the
> service pack i386 directory - none of the duplicate CPL files are
> represented in the control panel. There is only one copy of the
> network connection file "ncpa.cpl"
>
> TweakUI appears to think the CP icon which says "Configures network
> software" is the real one and allows me to hide/unhide it. But the
> other icon stays there regardless. I tried using TweakUI's "rebuild
> icons" option after seeing a Jan 2003 exchange between Norm Dresner
> and Sky Ingram regarding this exact CP problem, but it did not help.
>
> I've refreshed and rearranged the Desktop icons looking for the
> Network Places icon ... it's really gone rather than just hidden.
> TweakUI thinks it is visible and failed to restore it to the desktop.
>
>
> I have seen a number of posts in news about duplicated icons in the
> control panel, but nothing about disappearing desktop icons connected
> with it. ... and none mentioned VS.NET installation as a catalyst.
> None of the posts I have seen offered any resolution to either
> problem.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> George
>