Unable to Directly Access Any Applet In Control Panel

 Last reviewed: November 17, 1997
Article ID: Q158216
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Japanese (JPN) versions 3.5 and 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server Japanese versions 3.5 and 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Korean (KOR) versions 3.51***k
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server Korean versions 3.51***k
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Simplified Chinese (SimChin) versions 3.5 and 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server Simplified Chinese versions 3.5 and 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Traditional Chinese (TradChin) versions 3.5 and 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server Traditional Chinese versions 3.5 and 3.51
***k Korean (Hangul) Windows NT 3.5 is not a localized version but an emulation version and all these Control Panel applets are in English, all Control Panel applets can be directly accessed.

SYMPTOMS

In all Far East localized versions of Windows NT 3.5x, when you attempt to run a Control Panel applet by typing the following text in the New Task field of the Task List dialog box (invoked by Ctrl+Esc), the applet does not run.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem,

  • run Control Panel applets from the Control Panel Program Group instead of from the Task List dialog box.

-or-
  • type Control <applet_file_name>.cpl instead of Control <applet_icon_name>:

To learn what the file names are that correspond to the names that appear under the corresponding icon of the applet in Control Panel, search for all %SystemRoot%\System32*.cpl files on your system drive. For example, from a command prompt, type at the root directory of your system drive: 

   Dir *.cpl /s

MORE INFORMATION

The following table lists Control Panel applet icon names in the left column along with their corresponding applet file names in parentheses if there is a standalone file available. Not all Control Panel applets have a standalone program .cpl file. Applet icon names followed by a single asterisk (*) are available only on Windows NT Server 3.5x (not available on Windows NT Workstation 3.5x), for example, the Licensing applet has an asterisk and is only available on Windows NT Server. Some applet icon names only appear in the Control Panel if the corresponding applications that don't ship with Windows NT, for example, Gateway Services for NetWare (GSNW), and Macfile, are installed on Windows NT. The second through the sixth column from the left each correspond to a localized version of Windows NT 3.5 and/or 3.51. If a version number is listed in the column title, that column only pertains to that version of Windows NT. The Yes and No entries under the second through the sixth column indicate whether you may run the applet listed in the same row under the first column by typing Control <applet_icon_name> in the localized version:

Traditional Simplified Applet Icon Name (applet file name) 

Chinese      Chinese   Japanese   Korean3.5   Korean3.51
-------      -------   --------   ---------   ----------
Color (Main.cpl) 
No           No        No         Yes         No
Fonts 
No           No        No         Yes         No
Ports 
No           No        No         Yes         No
Mouse 
No           No        No         Yes         No
Desktop 
No           No        No         Yes         No
Keyboard 
No           No        No         Yes         No
Printers 
No           No        No         Yes         No
International (Intl.cpl***1) 
No           No        No         Yes         No
System 
No           No        No         Yes         No
Date/time 
No           No        No         Yes         No
Console (Console.cpl) 
No           No        No         No*2        No
Cursors (Cursors.cpl) 
No           No        No         Yes         No
Display (Display.cpl) 
No           No        No         Yes         No
Licensing (Liccpa.cpl) * 
No           No        No         Yes         No
Mail (Mlcfg32.cpl) 
No           No        No         Yes         No
Sound (Multimed.cpl) 
Yes          Yes       Yes        Yes         Yes
Drivers 
Yes          Yes       Yes        Yes         Yes
Network (Ncpa.cpl) 
No           No        No         Yes         No
ODBC (Odbccp32.cpl) 
Yes          Yes       Yes        Yes         Yes
Server (Srvmgr.cpl) ***3 
No           No        No         Yes         No
Services 
No           No        No         Yes         No
Devices 
No           No        No         Yes         No
UPS (Ups.cpl) 
Yes          yes       No         Yes         Yes
GSNW/CSNW (Nwc.cpl) * 
Yes          Yes       Yes        Yes         Yes
Internet (Inetcpl.cpl) 
Yes          Yes       Yes        Yes         Yes
Monitoring Agent (Bhctrl.cpl) 
No           No        No         No          No
Macfile 
Yes          Yes       Yes        Yes         Yes
Tape Devices (ctape.cpl) ***4 <Chinese IME> (Cime.cpl) 
No           No
<JPN/Kor 35 IME> (Imesel.cpl) ***4 
                       No         No
***1: Not available in JPN Windows NT 3.5x version. *2: Not available in Korean Windows NT 3.5. ***3: Do not confuse with Srvmgr.exe which is for Server Manager. 
      Srvmgr.cpl is for Server Control Panel Applet.
***4: No icon in Control Panel at all in FE localizations. ***5: Korean (Hangul) Windows NT 3.51 does not have an applet in Control 
      Panel for IME.\*

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: Control Panel NCPA Far East Localization
localized
Keywords : NTSrvWkst ntui ntutil kbother kbui
Version : WinNT:3.5,3.51
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb
Solution Type : kbpending

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Last reviewed: November 17, 1997
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