Windows 7: "Windows Control Panel has stopped working" on My Computer Properties

Hi

I am running Windows 7 Pro 64-bit on a Lenovo T510.

Every single time I do a Properties on My Computer, I get this pop up message that "Windows Control Panel has stopped working". Oddly, I just cancel that window and everything otherwise seems to work normally. But it happens every time and I can't figure out why.

Anyone else experience this?



Thanks

Hi

This usually happens when you dont remove the software completely, some process are attached to the Windows Explorer ... thats causing this.

Try using Autoruns and look under Explorer... and look for file that highlighted in yellow.. usually should say "File not Found". Uncheck or delete these and restart you computer.

Try these and let me know.

Hi centaur78. Thanks for the reply and for the tool.

I ran that and under Explorer, there were no lines highlighted in yellow under Explorer, but I found a few under "Everything". I removed those and things appear to be normal now. Thanks!

alright

good to hear it worked for you...

If you feel the issue has been solved... please mark the thread as closed and rep those helped.

Yep, I marked it solved.

Well... spoke too soon. The problem came back. I ran autorun again but this time there are no yellow items. Now what?

In Autoruns click on "Save" and save the file in .arn format and post it here.. I will have a look before advising.

Thanks a lot! I just saved the file and zipped it. Attached. Thanks again!

Hmm

As far as i can see there is only one program thats not verified ...under Explorer you will see "DiskUsageSupreme" under "HKLM\Software\Classes\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers" as well as "HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers" ... uncheck these for now and restart your system and check again...

Let me know... If this doesn't resolve it.. I might need to do a remote session via Teamviewer and help you out..

Thanks. First test seems positive after doing that...