Duplicate shortcuts and icons

[Paul.A.Bowden]

Almost all programs in Start|All programs are listed twice and I have
two identical icons for almost every item in Control Panel.
I have been having numerous problems with Kaspersky Security Suite and
have been guided by their Technical Support through a whole load of
steps (too numerous to remember or explain clearly) in an attempt to
address these, so I suppose that I have caused this along the way
without being aware of it.
Any suggestions about how to get rid of them would be VERY welcome (in
Start|Programs, it looks as though I can just delete each shortcut, but

that option isn't available for the Control Panel icons, as far as I
can see.) I did a search for "*.cpl" files, suggested by a colleague,

and this threw up all the duplicates, but did not (as far as I could
see) give a way of deleting them.
As is probably very obvious, I'm not very computer-literate, so I'll be

really grateful for any help and, of course, will give any further info



needed as best I can.
Paul Bowden UK

 

[Galen]

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Almost all programs in Start|All programs are listed twice and I have
two identical icons for almost every item in Control Panel.
I have been having numerous problems with Kaspersky Security Suite and
have been guided by their Technical Support through a whole load of
steps (too numerous to remember or explain clearly) in an attempt to
address these, so I suppose that I have caused this along the way
without being aware of it.
Any suggestions about how to get rid of them would be VERY welcome (in
Start|Programs, it looks as though I can just delete each shortcut,
but

that option isn't available for the Control Panel icons, as far as I
can see.) I did a search for "*.cpl" files, suggested by a
colleague,

and this threw up all the duplicates, but did not (as far as I could
see) give a way of deleting them.
As is probably very obvious, I'm not very computer-literate, so I'll
be

really grateful for any help and, of course, will give any further
info



needed as best I can.
Paul Bowden UK

Try something like this:

Duplicate File Finder:
http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/Duplicate_File_Finder/dupfilefinder.html

Then have it search for duplicates from the C:\Documents and Settings\<your
user>\Start Menu\Programs

You may have to unhide them.

Showing Hidden Files:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/show_hidden_files.html

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes