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Multiple Instances of Control Panel Tool Started

Article ID: 155395

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

This article was previously published under Q155395

SYMPTOMS

When you double-click an icon in Control Panel twice quickly (for a total of four clicks), two instances of the Control Panel tool are started.

This issue affects the following Control Panel tools:

Add/Remove Programs
Devices
Display
Modems
Monitoring Agent
Mouse
Multimedia
Network
PC Card
Regional Settings
Server
Services
Sounds
System
Tape Devices

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

If you double-click one of the tools listed above, pause, then double- click the tool again, a second instance of the tool is not started. Instead, focus is returned to the first instance of the tool.

Additional query words: prodnt applet

Keywords: KB155395