Unwanted folders in control panel


  1. Posts : 42
    Windows 7
       #1

    Unwanted folders in control panel


    Hello,

    After upgrading to Win 10 I noticed three old folders that are unusable, which are circled in the below picture
    how can I get ride of them?

    Unwanted folders in control panel-capture.jpg
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  2. Posts : 2,799
    Linux Mint 20.1 Win10Prox64
       #2

    Navigate to C:\Windows\System32 folder and search for *.cpl then delete the unwanted items.
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  3. Posts : 42
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    The three folders cpl files are not available
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  4. Posts : 2,799
    Linux Mint 20.1 Win10Prox64
       #4

    Please open the Admin command prompt and run:
    Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup
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  5. Posts : 9,786
    Mac OS Catalina
       #5

    Those should not be folders, they should be the shortcuts. Sounds like something happened during the upgrade. If you are coming from 7 to 10, this is an odd one that no one has posted it happening to them. Were the shortcuts originally there in Windows 7?

    Also was the machine infection clean and all updates installed?
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  6. Posts : 42
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #6

    topgundcp said:
    Please open the Admin command prompt and run:
    Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup

    the operation completed successfully
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  7. Posts : 42
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #7

    bro67 said:
    Those should not be folders, they should be the shortcuts. Sounds like something happened during the upgrade. If you are coming from 7 to 10, this is an odd one that no one has posted it happening to them. Were the shortcuts originally there in Windows 7?

    Also was the machine infection clean and all updates installed?
    yes it was clean before and after the upgrade
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  8. Posts : 2,799
    Linux Mint 20.1 Win10Prox64
       #8

    If the 3 folders above were not listed as .cpl files. Chances they were created as namespaces. Run CCleaner to see if it can clean up those entries in the registry.

    EDIT: If CCleaner cannot clean those entries. Open the registry and navigate to:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace
    Go thru the list to see if you can Identify them and delete.
    Last edited by topgundcp; 08 Sep 2015 at 05:46.
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  9. Posts : 42
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #9

    topgundcp said:
    If the 3 folders above were not listed as .cpl files. Chances they were created as namespaces. Run CCleaner to see if it can clean up those entries in the registry.

    EDIT: If CCleaner cannot clean those entries. Open the registry and navigate to:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace
    Go thru the list to see if you can Identify them and delete.
    this what I get when I am trying to delete the registry key " Unable to delete all specified values"
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