I installed MS Office on my laptop computer.  When I went to the control panel, the mail icon was gone.

I tried the following steps that didn't work.

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
1. Make sure that the following Control Panel file exists and that it works as expected:
Drive:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\System\MSMAPI\1033\mlcfg32.cpl

2. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.

3. Locate the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\MMCPL

4. Make sure that the mlcfg32.cpl registry entry exists. Additionally, make sure that its value is set as follows:
Drive:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\System\MSMAPI\1033\mlcfg32.cpl
If the mlcfg32.cpl registry entry does not exist, you must create it. To do this, follow these steps:
Right-click the MMCPL registry subkey, point to New, and then click String Value.
Type mlcfg32.cpl as the name of the registry entry.
Double-click the mlcfg32.cpl registry entry, type Drive:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\System\MSMAPI\1033\mlcfg32.cpl in the Value Data box, and then click OK.

5. Exit Registry Editor, and then open Control Panel. The Mail icon is displayed as expected.

I am at loss.

Any help would be appreciated.

Marco Perez.

 

Do you have the 64 bit version of Windows XP installed? Is there something like "View 32-bit Control Panel Items"?

 

Hello,

Try this blog for more steps and resolution.

http://quicksolver.blogspot.in/2012/02/fix-for-mail-icon-missing-in-control.html

Feel free to share your comments and feedback on the blog.

Regards,

Spiky

• Proposed as answer by Spiky83 47 minutes ago

 

Hello,

Try this blog for more steps and resolution.

http://quicksolver.blogspot.in/2012/02/fix-for-mail-icon-missing-in-control.html

Feel free to share your comments and feedback on the blog.

Regards,

Spiky

• Proposed as answer by Spiky83 Sunday, March 22, 2015 6:36 AM