"Blank item" in control panel, pic. attached, What is it?

Opened Conrol Panel and saw this:


How to fix this and what is it?

I tried CCleaner and fixed registry through him, but it didn't help.
I didn't do anything wrong with my Vista system, although i made a system scan( i have Avira AV) and it found 4 Troyans, i moved them to quarantine and then removed.

 

LOL... I don't know... I definitely don't have that.

Try running it.

 

Right click>properties. Check what it is. Maybe the icon just didn't load.

 

it is no clickable. i can't neither open it nor make a right click..(

 

so u can't even highlight it to delete it. lol.

restart pc, see if its still there.

 

LOL =) but seriously - i can highlight it, but can't do nothing with it.
i'll try restart, but not now - downloads on the go from damned rapidshare.

 

Highlight it, press delete key? lol.
id try restarting first though.

 

nope. highlighted it, pressed del key - no action. ok, i'll restart my lappy after downloads complete.
Thanks for support.

 

on a side note, dont u <3 the vista snippet tool?

 

lol yea. OP doesn't snip very well. too much blank space lol

 

Jedi007
i didn't get what you said.) u mean that that blank icon could be vista snippet tool?
McGrady
Do you want me to snip the whole screen?
=)
but seriously i want to slove that bug.

 

he just said that snipping tool is awesome. and no that icon is not snipping tool
no, i was jking.

did u finish ur DL and try restarting yet

 

thanks for explanation (Tracy) McGrady. =)
Nope, not yet. i have low speed adsl - unlim 128 (download speed - 15KB/s) and paying 65$ for this), but there are no alternatives in the town i am living now. Russian reality mate.

 

I don't like the Vista snipping tool. Printscreen is so much faster for capturing what's on the screen right now. And I like using GIMP anyways.

 

do u have to press something else with prnt scrn?
i press prt sc from my laptop, and i try to paste in paint, nothing shows up.
its paired up with insert.
i think ive tried shift+prt sc and ctrl but it didnt work.

 

You need to use Alt + prt screen. You were close.

 

LOL. i think ive tried that too. ill try it once my laptop finishes scanning.

 

No, I just hit Prnt Scrn and then paste it into editor of choice.

 

maybe you are on a desktop, where the keyboard is bigger. for laptops, they conserve space by having 2 keys in one

 

I'm on the laptop in my sig. It's the only computer I have.

 

The blank icon is called wtf.exe

probably just a glitch..

 

well vostro made it its own key ^_^
hp didnt

 

It does share it with SysRq, whatever that is, but SysRq is a Fn thing, so Prnt Scrn is the main one.

 

My hunch is the blank icon is probably related to the topic in the OP's other thread...
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=230337

 

Restarted - didn't help, blank icon is here. (

 

if you neither know what that bug is, nor how to fix it, then could someone check their Control Panel and report if i have the missed System icon (program)?

I want to know if this blank icon is a system or not, i mean - is it an icon of installed program or is it an icon of a system, vista program.

 

so one pal gave me a screenshot of his control panel, and found that i have a missing icon/system program - Language and Regional Settings.

What should i do to solve that bug?

I don't know why i've got that, maybe cos i used CCleaner to clear the incorrect registry entries..

 

With an odd problems like this, and the prior virus infection, I recommend just reformat, and reinstalling the OS if it is an open option. It will make things work again, and no need to find an obscure fix, besides it will make you feel safer using that laptop on sensitive information again...

 

Do you and your pal have the same version of vista?

When i compare mine from yours, you have different icons

 

Pai
but i don't want to make a system restore..
flipfire, yeah, the same one 32bit Vista. this maybe cos it is a russian version.

 

I meant same version (basic, premium,ultimate)?

 

Look for *.cpl move them to temp folder see what one go away or compare wnich one show up with one you folder see if name don,nt match up

 

flipfire
yep the same - business.
andyasselin
i searched *.cpl, but haven't found it. also went to c>windows>Temp and no one. but i'll search it again.

 

i've checked something - went to Vista Help, wrote Language and Regional Settings, and i easily entered Language and Regional Settings, so it is working. but i dunno why icon is blank and simply dead.

 

I seem to sudddenly have the same issue as described here. No viral infections either. Any ideas how to remove or restore this icon in Control Panel.