I want to get at the logs file. When I type cmd and run it as an
administrator, I get the C: etc. prompt. To get to C:\, I type cd ..
twice. But What I get is C:\>. How do I get rid of the > so I can
type in C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\cbs.log?

On 12/02/2010 17:24, Nisko wrote:
>
> I want to get at the logs file. When I type cmd and run it as an
> administrator, I get the C: etc. prompt. To get to C:\, I type cd ..
> twice. But What I get is C:\>. How do I get rid of the> so I can
> type in C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\cbs.log?
You can't...

Try

cd C:\Windows\Logs\CBS

dir





Guy

On 12/02/2010 17:24, Nisko wrote:
>
> I want to get at the logs file. When I type cmd and run it as an
> administrator, I get the C: etc. prompt. To get to C:\, I type cd ..
> twice. But What I get is C:\>. How do I get rid of the> so I can
> type in C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\cbs.log?
You can't...

Try

cd C:\Windows\Logs\CBS

dir





Guy

On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:02:18 +0000, Bigguy <bigguy@under_radar.com>
wrote:

>On 12/02/2010 17:24, Nisko wrote:
>>
>> I want to get at the logs file. When I type cmd and run it as an
>> administrator, I get the C: etc. prompt. To get to C:\, I type cd ..
>> twice. But What I get is C:\>. How do I get rid of the> so I can
>> type in C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\cbs.log?
>You can't...
>
>Try
>
>cd C:\Windows\Logs\CBS
>
>dir
>
>
>
>
>
>Guy
Then I get "Access Denied" What now?

Nisko <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I want to get at the logs file. When I type cmd and run it as an
>administrator, I get the C: etc. prompt. To get to C:\, I type cd ..
>twice. But What I get is C:\>. How do I get rid of the > so I can
>type in C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\cbs.log?

The > just means that it's waiting for you to enter a command. What
you need to do from the C:\> prompt is:

cd Logs\CBS
(you should see C:\Logs\CBS>)
cbs.log

--
Tim Slattery
(E-Mail Removed)
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:54:39 -0500, Tim Slattery <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Nisko <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I want to get at the logs file. When I type cmd and run it as an
>>administrator, I get the C: etc. prompt. To get to C:\, I type cd ..
>>twice. But What I get is C:\>. How do I get rid of the > so I can
>>type in C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\cbs.log?
>
>The > just means that it's waiting for you to enter a command. What
>you need to do from the C:\> prompt is:
>
>cd Logs\CBS
>(you should see C:\Logs\CBS>)
>cbs.log

OK, but I got a message which says "Access Is Denied"

Nisko wrote:

>
> I want to get at the logs file. When I type cmd and run it as an
> administrator, I get the C: etc. prompt. To get to C:\, I type cd ..
> twice. But What I get is C:\>. How do I get rid of the > so I can
> type in C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\cbs.log?

Run cmd.exe as Administrator.
In the window type
notepad C:\Windows\logs\cbs\cbs.log
Hit return, and wait for a very large file to be loaded!

--
John Aldred

If you are looking for SFC errors type the following

findstr /c:"[SR] Cannot" %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log |more
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"Nisko" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I want to get at the logs file. When I type cmd and run it as an
> administrator, I get the C: etc. prompt. To get to C:\, I type cd ..
> twice. But What I get is C:\>. How do I get rid of the > so I can
> type in C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\cbs.log?

On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:39:14 -0800, Frank <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:54:39 -0500, Tim Slattery <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Nisko <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I want to get at the logs file. When I type cmd and run it as an
>>>> administrator, I get the C: etc. prompt. To get to C:\, I type cd ..
>>>> twice. But What I get is C:\>. How do I get rid of the > so I can
>>>> type in C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\cbs.log?
>>> The > just means that it's waiting for you to enter a command. What
>>> you need to do from the C:\> prompt is:
>>>
>>> cd Logs\CBS
>>> (you should see C:\Logs\CBS>)
>>> cbs.log
>>
>> OK, but I got a message which says "Access Is Denied"
>
>You need to take ownership of the file.

Ok, I did that successfully. Now I want to change the file back to the
permissions it used to have. Googling didn't help me. How do I do
that?

On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:54:28 +1100, <.> wrote:

>If you are looking for SFC errors type the following
>
>findstr /c:"[SR] Cannot" %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log |more
>--
>.
Thanks.