Control Panel Won't Open

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When I open Control Panel, I get an error message that says, An exception
occurred while trying to run "C:\windows\=system32\shell32.dll,control_runDLL"
C:\windows\system32\appwiz.cpl,Add or remove programs

I have tried a system restore, registering shell32 and appwiz.cpl with
regsvr32, and sfc /scannow. None have worked. Any ideas?

Win XP Pro, new install of SP 2 and Java jre-1_5_0_02-windows-i586-p

 

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BTW, this only happens in Add remove programs. the other icons work just fine.

"SCtech29210" wrote:

> When I open Control Panel, I get an error message that says, An exception
> occurred while trying to run "C:\windows\=system32\shell32.dll,control_runDLL"
> C:\windows\system32\appwiz.cpl,Add or remove programs
>
> I have tried a system restore, registering shell32 and appwiz.cpl with
> regsvr32, and sfc /scannow. None have worked. Any ideas?
>
> Win XP Pro, new install of SP 2 and Java jre-1_5_0_02-windows-i586-p