Hello - Please help me............. when I try to open 'Add/Remove Components' I receive a message about the 'library for fax....' and 'cannot find 'comnt5.inf', what can I do to sort this problem out?
I think I have seen this behaviour before a long time ago... What you or somebody else probably did was open some kind of component/extension which was related to control panel... with a certain program. The result is that the extension/file type is now associated with the wrong program. What might need to happen is restore the extension file type to it's original state. I am not sure if this is the problem... but it's my best bet so far. Changing file types is done via my computer->tools->options->file types. However I recommend you do not change a thing unless you really know what you are doing... Otherwise you might damage a whole lot more ! So first google for "file types", "control panel" that sort of thing. If this turns up something and explains what/which file type you need to restore to default... Then there is a "set to default" button which might help. But first you would need to know which file type to restore... and right now I wouldn't know which one. Ofcourse the problem could also be something totally different... Bye, Skybuck. "Patricia60" <u64314@uwe> wrote in message news:adbb158208736@uwe... > Hello - Please help me............. when I try to open 'Add/Remove > Components' I receive a message about the 'library for fax....' and > 'cannot > find 'comnt5.inf', what can I do to sort this problem out? >
Skybuck Flying wrote: > I think I have seen this behaviour before a long time ago... > > What you or somebody else probably did was open some kind of > component/extension which was related to control panel... with a > certain program. > > The result is that the extension/file type is now associated with the > wrong program. > > What might need to happen is restore the extension file type to it's > original state. > > I am not sure if this is the problem... but it's my best bet so far. > > Changing file types is done via my computer->tools->options->file > types. > However I recommend you do not change a thing unless you really know > what you are doing... > > Otherwise you might damage a whole lot more ! > > So first google for "file types", "control panel" that sort of thing. > > If this turns up something and explains what/which file type you need > to restore to default... > > Then there is a "set to default" button which might help. > > But first you would need to know which file type to restore... and > right now I wouldn't know which one. The file type is CPL The command line is... rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL "%1",%* -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
Workaround: Start | Run | APPWIZ.CPL | [OK] Patricia60 wrote: > Hello - Please help me............. when I try to open 'Add/Remove > Components' I receive a message about the 'library for fax....' and > 'cannot > find 'comnt5.inf', what can I do to sort this problem out?
dadiOH wrote: > Skybuck Flying wrote: >> I think I have seen this behaviour before a long time ago... >> >> What you or somebody else probably did was open some kind of >> component/extension which was related to control panel... with a >> certain program. >> >> The result is that the extension/file type is now associated with the >> wrong program. >> >> What might need to happen is restore the extension file type to it's >> original state. >> >> I am not sure if this is the problem... but it's my best bet so far. >> >> Changing file types is done via my computer->tools->options->file >> types. >> However I recommend you do not change a thing unless you really know >> what you are doing... >> >> Otherwise you might damage a whole lot more ! >> >> So first google for "file types", "control panel" that sort of thing. >> >> If this turns up something and explains what/which file type you need >> to restore to default... >> >> Then there is a "set to default" button which might help. >> >> But first you would need to know which file type to restore... and >> right now I wouldn't know which one. > > The file type is CPL > > The command line is... > rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL "%1",%* Disregard, that is for Control Panel file types. I was reading Skybuck's post where he talked about the Control Panel but the Control Panel has nothing to do with OP's problem. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico