Q158216: Unable to Directly Access Any Applet In Control Panel
Article: Q158216
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.5,3.51
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbother kbui
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51
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***k Korean (Hangul) Windows NT 3.5 is not a localized version but an
emulation version and all these Control Panel applets are in English, all
Control Panel applets can be directly accessed.
SYMPTOMS
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In all Far East localized versions of Windows NT 3.5x, when you attempt to run a
Control Panel applet by typing the following text in the New Task field of the
Task List dialog box (invoked by Ctrl+Esc), the applet does not run.
WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem,
- run Control Panel applets from the Control Panel Program Group instead of
from the Task List dialog box.
-or-
- type "Control <applet_file_name>.cpl" (without the quotation marks)
instead of "Control <applet_icon_name>:" (without the quotation marks)
To learn what the file names are that correspond to the names that appear under
the corresponding icon of the applet in Control Panel, search for all
%SystemRoot%\System32*.cpl files on your system drive. For example, from a
command prompt, type at the root directory of your system drive:
" Dir *.cpl /s " (without the quotation marks)
MORE INFORMATION
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The following table lists Control Panel applet icon names in the left column
along with their corresponding applet file names in parentheses if there is a
standalone file available. Not all Control Panel applets have a standalone
program .cpl file. Applet icon names followed by a single asterisk (*) are
available only on Windows NT Server 3.5x (not available on Windows NT
Workstation 3.5x), for example, the Licensing applet has an asterisk and is only
available on Windows NT Server. Some applet icon names only appear in the
Control Panel if the corresponding applications that don't ship with Windows NT,
for example, Gateway Services for NetWare (GSNW), and Macfile, are installed on
Windows NT. The second through the sixth column from the left each correspond to
a localized version of Windows NT 3.5 and/or 3.51. If a version number is listed
in the column title, that column only pertains to that version of Windows NT.
The Yes and No entries under the second through the sixth column indicate
whether you may run the applet listed in the same row under the first column by
typing Control <applet_icon_name> in the localized version:
Applet Icon Name (applet file name)
Traditional Simplified
Chinese Chinese Japanese Korean3.5 Korean3.51
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Color (Main.cpl)
No No No Yes No
Fonts
No No No Yes No
Ports
No No No Yes No
Mouse
No No No Yes No
Desktop
No No No Yes No
Keyboard
No No No Yes No
Printers
No No No Yes No
International (Intl.cpl***1)
No No No Yes No
System
No No No Yes No
Date/time
No No No Yes No
Console (Console.cpl)
No No No No*2 No
Cursors (Cursors.cpl)
No No No Yes No
Display (Display.cpl)
No No No Yes No
Licensing (Liccpa.cpl) *
No No No Yes No
Mail (Mlcfg32.cpl)
No No No Yes No
Sound (Multimed.cpl)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Drivers
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Network (Ncpa.cpl)
No No No Yes No
ODBC (Odbccp32.cpl)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Server (Srvmgr.cpl) ***3
No No No Yes No
Services
No No No Yes No
Devices
No No No Yes No
UPS (Ups.cpl)
Yes yes No Yes Yes
GSNW/CSNW (Nwc.cpl) *
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Internet (Inetcpl.cpl)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Monitoring Agent (Bhctrl.cpl)
No No No No No
Macfile
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tape Devices (ctape.cpl) ***4
<Chinese IME> (Cime.cpl)
No No
<JPN/Kor 35 IME> (Imesel.cpl) ***4
No No
***1: Not available in JPN Windows NT 3.5x version.
*2: Not available in Korean Windows NT 3.5.
***3: Do not confuse with Srvmgr.exe which is for Server Manager.
Srvmgr.cpl is for Server Control Panel Applet.
***4: No icon in Control Panel at all in FE localizations.
***5: Korean (Hangul) Windows NT 3.51 does not have an applet in Control
Panel for IME.\*
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Additional query words: Control Panel NCPA Far East Localization localized
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Keywords : kbother kbui
Technology : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNT351search kbWinNT350search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTW351search kbWinNTW351 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS351search kbWinNTS350search
Version : :3.5,3.51
Issue type : kbprb
Solution Type : kbpending
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