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?
Number
June 20, 2003, 2:45pm
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.
handy
June 20, 2003, 2:52pm
3
Did you try using Restore to go back to a time that it did work?
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.