My Windows XP DISPLAY PROPERTIES stopped working

Factual Questions
1

  • I right-click the desktop and then select PROPERTIES. Nothing happens.

  • CONTROL PANEL -> DISPLAY. Nothing happens.
    How long has this been broken. Don’t know, I just tried it this week.
    The file involved is the DESK.CPL.

I replace it with the one in C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386.
Nothing happens.

Is it buried in the XP install disk? Yes, but it needs to be extracted? Or is there a easier fix?

2

Try going to a command line and typing sfc /scannow. You may be prompted to put in your Windows CD. It will then scan all the protected system files and replace any that are damaged.

3

Did you try using Restore to go back to a time that it did work?

4

Number ,

I…love…you…

I did the SFC /SCANNOW. It pulled whatever was needed.

I can now access properties from the CONTROL PANEL or right-clicking the desktop.

Of course, before I went and posted this in the SDMB, I went to every Windows forum and they had no fix.