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Control Panel: "Access Denied"

Asked by: AtomicTangerine

I have a Windows 98 computer (Cyrix 266MMX, 128MB RAM, 2 hard drives [extra one is ONLY used for storage, there is nothing on there besides MP3's, videos, etc.]) that I have attached to a network. One day, I wanted to go into Control Panel and adjust a setting (specifically, the Network, but more on that later). I went to My Computer, double clicked on Control Panel, and then double clicked Network. It said "Access to the specified device, path, or file is denied." There was only the option to click "OK". After I did, the Network dialog did not show up. Just to test it out, I double clicked on Internet Options (IE6 is installed, no new Service Packs, though), and the same thing popped up. Same for all the other Control Panel options. I doubt this is a virus, as my virus definitions are dated April 2, 2003 (Norton Anti-Virus). Please advise. Thank you.

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2003-04-10 at 20:20:41ID20581815
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Answers

 

by: craigmusgrovePosted on 2003-04-10 at 21:53:37ID: 8311507

Items in the control panel are stored in windows as .cpl files. For example, when you isntall quicktime and no notice there is now a quick time icon in the control panel, quicktime install has created a cpl file for you...

So now knowing that, I can tell you your netowrk cpl file is missing or damaged... we have to replace it. There are a few options.

Search your windows folder for *.cpl files (sorry I am wirting this from a windows xp box and the files may be differnet named). The do a search for the same files on a system that the network in contirl panel works on... you will see one .cpl file missing (on xp the network cpl is Ncpa.cpl). Copy that corresponding cpl from the good machine to the bad...

Or you can reinstall windows 98 over the existing install (this does no damamage and is actually a good procedure - it refreshes the system)...... this will replace the missing file...

Or you could spend the time figuring out in which CAB file the cpl file is in an manually extract it.

Any of the ways will work - depends on what you wanna do!

Craig

 

by: craigmusgrovePosted on 2003-04-10 at 21:54:35ID: 8311508

Oh sorry... rereading your question... reinstall windows over existing is my recommdatation... perhaps all the cpls are gone...

 

by: MeretePosted on 2003-04-11 at 02:40:40ID: 8312495

or you could run sfc from your start run type in sfc see if you can extract any corrupted files? cheak the advanced settings to make sure it cheaks for deleted and changed files note what's in the list, make sure they are all ticked yes. regards merete

 

by: MeretePosted on 2003-04-11 at 02:40:40ID: 8312496

or you could run sfc from your start run type in sfc see if you can extract any corrupted files? cheak the advanced settings to make sure it cheaks for deleted and changed files note what's in the list, make sure they are all ticked yes. regards merete

 

by: jackarmyPosted on 2003-04-11 at 09:39:04ID: 8314235

You could also Run Scandisk to check for errors.
Jackarmy

 

by: gonzal13Posted on 2003-04-13 at 00:34:43ID: 8321226

You can easily find in which cab file the command is stored. Go to the cd rom win98 folder

extract.exe /a /L: c:\temp base4.cab *.cpl  I think the wild card works. The above goes through all the cabs at once.

 

by: mimicsuPosted on 2003-04-23 at 22:42:18ID: 8386268

Plz click accept answer next to the comment that helped you. This awards that user the pts & closes this thread. If a combo of answers helped you - post a ? for 0 pts in comm supp to split the points between the users: usr1 & usr1. If you still need help on this, respond & let us know.

 

by: AtomicTangerinePosted on 2003-05-06 at 17:23:03ID: 8475796

craigmusgrove: My computer came pre-installed with Windows 98, and the disk that came with it has been giving us trouble.

jackarmy: I have run Scandisk; it didn't detect anything, nor did it fix anything.

gonzal13: Unfortunately, I was not given a Windows 98 startup disk. However, I suspect the cabs are located in C:\Windows\options\cabs, so I will try it.

Merete: I have never heard of 'sfc'. I'll be sure to try it.

 

by: mimicsuPosted on 2003-05-23 at 22:41:09ID: 8576292

So you can open the control panel (c:\windows\control.exe) but can't open any of the icons (c:\windows\*.cpl)?  Have you tried doing a Find on all *.cpl files on C:\ to make sure they weren't deleted?

Try extracting the control.exe file - Start - Run - SFC - Extract 1 file - input control.exe - Start - from: C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS\ (or cdrom drive letter) to: C:\WINDOWS - OK

 

by: AtomicTangerinePosted on 2003-05-24 at 15:02:30ID: 8578524

Thank you mimicsu. Your answer worked. Thank you again.

 

by: mimicsuPosted on 2003-05-30 at 00:19:15ID: 8611916

Glad I could help you.  By the way, just for ref, which part helped you - finding the cpls or extracting a new control.exe?

 

by: AtomicTangerinePosted on 2003-06-01 at 17:45:22ID: 8626312

Extracting a new control.exe was what solved the problem.

 

by: trunch2003Posted on 2003-12-27 at 21:32:04ID: 10006740

Hello all, ok im having the same prob with the control panel, access denied window, ive tried extracting the control.exe but i recieve the same window access denied, if anyone still reads this thread hopefully you can help =) ohh im using win 98

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