Control Panel Not Opening in Windows XP (Computer hardware Solution)

Control Panel Not Opening in Windows XP


Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.

go to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

look for "NoControlPanel" its a DWORD entry and its value should be "00000000"


Second key is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

look for "NoControlPanel" its a DWORD entry and its value should be "00000000"

If these keys does not exist then create them.

Restart of machine will read these keys and hopefully it would solve your problem