MSCONFIG doesn't run in a Command Prompt window?

Netter

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Oct 17, 2006, 10:02:32 AM10/17/06

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MSCONFIG doesn't run in a Command Prompt window but it runs OK in a
START/RUN dialog box.
Does anyone understand why that is so?

Thanks

Galen

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Oct 17, 2006, 10:12:15 AM10/17/06

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Netter had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Because it's not a native command. It is a program, you can start it with
CMD though - you just need to use the path.

Not one to leave you "out in the cold" I rooted out the command line - just
for you. *nods*

Start
Run
"CMD"
<Enter>
"C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\msconfig.exe"
<enter>

I dunno why you'd want that but you do and so you get it.

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Pegasus (MVP)

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Oct 17, 2006, 10:12:13 AM10/17/06

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" Netter" <netter...@a-znet.com> wrote in message
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This is because msconfig.exe is not located in a folder that
is listed in the %path%.

Detlev Dreyer

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Oct 17, 2006, 10:33:31 AM10/17/06

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" Netter" <netter...@a-znet.com> wrote:

Because MSCONFIG.EXE is not located in the default search path.
In contrast to the Command Prompt window, START/RUN obtains the program
location from the Registry in addition to the search path.

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Netter

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Oct 17, 2006, 10:39:58 AM10/17/06

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"Galen" <gale...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> In news:udWbkTf8...@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,
> Netter had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> MSCONFIG doesn't run in a Command Prompt window but it runs OK in a
>> START/RUN dialog box.
>> Does anyone understand why that is so?
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Because it's not a native command. It is a program, you can start it with
> CMD though - you just need to use the path.
>
> Not one to leave you "out in the cold" I rooted out the command line -
> just for you. *nods*

Definitely deserver nods!

So there is a CMD as well as a COMMAND.
They appear to be quite different programs that do similar things.
I'll look at GOOGLE to see if I can find info on when to use each.
If you have a pointer to some info that would be appreciated.

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Netter

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Oct 17, 2006, 10:20:27 AM10/17/06

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Netter

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Oct 17, 2006, 10:40:42 AM10/17/06

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Thanks a lot

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Yves Leclerc

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Oct 17, 2006, 2:46:55 PM10/17/06

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If you would enter

set

you will see that the PATH would not contain
"C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries" in it. The CMD and Command DOS prompt
emulator(s) need to have the correct access to the MSCONFIG program but it is
neither in the current DOS folder ("C:\Documents and Settings\{user....}") nor
the PATH variable.

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Netter

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Oct 17, 2006, 3:58:02 PM10/17/06

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Thanks

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Bruce Chambers

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Oct 17, 2006, 8:44:34 PM10/17/06

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Probably because MSConfig wasn't designed to operate in the
command-line environment; it's a purely graphical utility.

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Oct 18, 2006, 2:34:20 PM10/18/06

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That another thought
thanks

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