The Internet Icon Is Missing from Control Panel

• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows 98
• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows NT 4.0
• Microsoft Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

When you open Control Panel, the Internet icon may be missing.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if you uninstall the Luckman Interactive Web Commander 1.0 Web server software. Doing so removes the Inetcpl.cpl file.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, extract a new version of the Inetcpl.cpl file from the Internet Explorer distribution files to the Windows\System or %SystemRoot%\System32 folder, or reinstall Internet Explorer.

For information about extracting files, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q129605 How to Extract Original Compressed Windows Files

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbui msiew95 msient msiew98 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01,4.01 Service Pack 1
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: May 6, 1999