MSCONFIG Missing?

[Chuck Davis]

On a computer club member's computer:

Start> Run type msconfig and the response is that Windows cannot find
msconfig file...

How can I help him?

[Smoker]

"Chuck Davis" <newsgroup at anthemwebs dot com> wrote in message
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It is explained how to restore it here: http://tinyurl.com/yvupc5

[RajKohli]

Just for your information.

Microsoft Windows 2000 itself does not include MSConfig at all.

Let us know which version of Windows he is using.

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Chuck,

Does mentioning the full path help?

%windir%\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\msconfig.exe

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

"Chuck Davis" <newsgroup at anthemwebs dot com> wrote in message news:ePFIXO%23THH...@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

[Wesley Vogel]

The page cannot be displayed
Use the original url *NOT* a phony tinyurl. Or at least also include the
original url in your replies. Many people will not even click on a tinyurl.
;-)

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:JMudnZrqkc-d4k_Y...@comcast.com,
Smoker <n...@yes.org> hunted and pecked:

[Wesley Vogel]

I forgot this.

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6142_102-0.html?forumID=5&threadID=227185&messageID=2367994

Duh.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:JMudnZrqkc-d4k_Y...@comcast.com,
Smoker <n...@yes.org> hunted and pecked:

[Smoker]

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVo...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> The page cannot be displayed
> Use the original url *NOT* a phony tinyurl. Or at least also include the
> original url in your replies. Many people will not even click on a
> tinyurl.
> ;-)
>
> --

Sorry about that. The Tiny URL just now worked fine for me. I used it
because when a URL is long and wraps many people don't know to copy the
entire thing to paste into their browser in case the length gets broken.
Here it is:

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6142_102-0.html?forumID=5&threadID=227185&messageID=2367994

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[Ken Blake, MVP]

Smoker wrote:

> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVo...@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:eJYlaCHU...@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> The page cannot be displayed
>> Use the original url *NOT* a phony tinyurl. Or at least also
>> include the original url in your replies. Many people will not even
>> click on a tinyurl.
>> ;-)
>>
>> --
> Sorry about that. The Tiny URL just now worked fine for me. I used it
> because when a URL is long and wraps many people don't know to copy
> the entire thing to paste into their browser in case the length gets
> broken.

Yes, we understand why tinyurls are used, and the problem is *not* is that
tinyurls don't work; the problem is that tinyurls can point to malicious web
sites, rather than those they purport to point to. Clicking on a tinyurl
that hasn't been sent to you by someone you know and trust is a dangerous
thing to do. I won't click on a tinyurl posted on a newsgroup by a stranger,
and I recommend that nobody else does either.

I often post tinyurls myself, but I always accompany them with the full url,
so anyone reading my message has the choice of which to click on.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

[Chuck Davis]

I returned to the club members home this afternoon. I drilled down through
the folders and the msconfig file was there. I thought that it may have been
corrupted. I went to his other computer and copied it to my thumb drive. I
copied it to the location (old file was dated 2002, and the one being
installed was dated 2006). Full of anticipation, I went through Start> Run>
type msconfig and the message returned is still: "Window cannot find..."

I was able to double-click on the exe and remove several entries from the
Start Up menu. It was this desire that started this whole thing.

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ram...@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
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[Bruce Chambers]

Chuck Davis wrote:
> I returned to the club members home this afternoon. I drilled down through
> the folders and the msconfig file was there. I thought that it may have been
> corrupted. I went to his other computer and copied it to my thumb drive. I
> copied it to the location (old file was dated 2002, and the one being
> installed was dated 2006). Full of anticipation, I went through Start> Run>
> type msconfig and the message returned is still: "Window cannot find..."
>
> I was able to double-click on the exe and remove several entries from the
> Start Up menu. It was this desire that started this whole thing.
>

Something has happened to your workstation's Path variable, so
WinXP doesn't know where to find the executable. There are two fixes:

1) Correct the Path Statement. It should look something like this:

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program
Files

To edit the Path, right-click My Computer > Properties > Advanced >
Environmental Variables. In the System Variables windows, highlight
"Path" and click the <Edit> button.

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[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Chuck,

Open a Command Prompt window and type the following command:

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\MSCONFIG.EXE" /ve /d "C:\Windows\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSConfig.exe" /t REG_SZ /f

Note that it's a single line command.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

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