MMC/Windows Search (and possibly others) won't run

[Guest]

Hi All,

Got a really wierd one here. I've got a laptop running XP Pro SP2 and it
won't run any MMC or the Windows Search (Windows+F)

If I try and open any MMC I get the "MMC cannot open the file...." error

If I try and open the search system I get the "A file that is required to
run search cannot be found..."

I've found several acticles in the KB related to both problems but none of
them have been able to solve the issues and I have a gut feeling the problems
are related. There was some spyware on the machine at one time (commet
cursors) but the machine scans clean now.

Any thoughts?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Look here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

Click on: [?] Why doesn't Help and Support work?

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

Nope didn't fix it.

Look here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

Click on: [?] Why doesn't Help and Support work?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hi All,

Got a really wierd one here. I've got a laptop running XP Pro SP2 and it
won't run any MMC or the Windows Search (Windows+F)

If I try and open any MMC I get the "MMC cannot open the file...." error

If I try and open the search system I get the "A file that is required to
run search cannot be found..."

I've found several acticles in the KB related to both problems but none of
them have been able to solve the issues and I have a gut feeling the
problems are related. There was some spyware on the machine at one time
(commet cursors) but the machine scans clean now.

Any thoughts?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Scott,

%windir% = C:\WINDOWS if Windows is installed on the C: drive. I have no
idea about your machine. Paste %windir% into Start | Run click OK and see
what opens.

Try this.
1. Go to C:\Windows\srchasst\ or %windir%\srchasst\ and delete everything
that you can.
2. Start | Run | Paste this in the box and click OK...

regsvr32 /u %windir%\srchasst\srchui.dll

You will see a message like this if successful...
---------------------------
RegSvr32
---------------------------
DllUnregisterServer in C:\WINDOWS\srchasst\srchui.dll succeeded.
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

3. Go to C:\Windows\Inf\ or %windir%\Inf\ right click srchasst.inf and
click install.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Nope didn't fix it.

Look here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

Click on: [?] Why doesn't Help and Support work?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hi All,

Got a really wierd one here. I've got a laptop running XP Pro SP2 and it
won't run any MMC or the Windows Search (Windows+F)

If I try and open any MMC I get the "MMC cannot open the file...." error

If I try and open the search system I get the "A file that is required
to run search cannot be found..."

I've found several acticles in the KB related to both problems but none
of them have been able to solve the issues and I have a gut feeling the
problems are related. There was some spyware on the machine at one time
(commet cursors) but the machine scans clean now.

Any thoughts?