Control Panel and CMD command stop working

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. I installed GOOGLE DESKTOP on a Windows XP machine.
2. Control Panel and CMD commands cease functioning.
3. I uninstalled GOOGLE DESKTOP.
4. Control Panel and CMD commands cease functioing.

Note: Control Panel icons that are in fact folders (FONTS, etc.) continue 
to function as normal. Control Panel icons that are CPL files are not 
functioning.

Additionally: Although COMMAND works in the Start -> RUN box, CMD does 
not. COMMAND runs amazingly slow at this stage, and will not function with 
some commands (CD works, DIR does not, for instance).

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Google Desktop 5.8.0809.08522-en-pb
Windows XP Professional

Please provide any additional information below.
Nope. That is about it. GOOGLE desktop on my home PC (running Windows 
VISTA) works just fine. I prefer GOOGLE desktop to the Windows Sidebar... 
so I would really like to get this working on my work PC.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by kdlad...@gmail.com on 14 Oct 2008 at 5:36

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I have updated to Windows Internet Explorer 7 (SP2)... nothing. I had to 
uninstall 
Google Desktop (all started working again), install IE7, re-install Google 
Desktop 
(all stopped working again)... can someone tell me what is wrong here?

Original comment by kdlad...@gmail.com on 15 Oct 2008 at 1:59

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I am having the same issue

Control Panel and CMD commands cease functioning.

Original comment by monroe.q...@gmail.com on 20 May 2010 at 2:52