Unable to run this command

[Todd Herring]

We have several Windows 2000 Servers (all fully patched)
running a variety of software (IIS, MSSQL, some running
neither), and yet all of them occasionally have this
weird problem. When you try to open a Start Menu or
Desktop icon, you get the error "Unable to run this
command". A restart fixes the problem, but that's hardly
a solution. I know it's not a virus, a permissions
issue, a hardware issue, or anything terribly obvious.
The only thing these servers seem to have in common is
Windows 2000 Server.

Any ideas would be most welcome.

Todd Herring
Network Systems Manager
IUPUI

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

We have several Windows 2000 Servers (all fully patched)
running a variety of software (IIS, MSSQL, some running
neither), and yet all of them occasionally have this
weird problem. When you try to open a Start Menu or
Desktop icon, you get the error "Unable to run this
command". A restart fixes the problem, but that's hardly
a solution. I know it's not a virus, a permissions
issue, a hardware issue, or anything terribly obvious.
The only thing these servers seem to have in common is
Windows 2000 Server.

Any ideas would be most welcome.

Todd Herring
Network Systems Manager
IUPUI

- What are the exact details of the icon you're trying to run?
- What happens when you run that same command from
a Command Prompt?

 

[Todd Herring]

- What are the exact details of the icon you're trying
to run?

Any icon -- Windows Explorer, Performance Monitor

- What happens when you run that same command from
a Command Prompt?

I can run things from Start / Run, not a problem.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

to run?

Any icon -- Windows Explorer, Performance Monitor


I can run things from Start / Run, not a problem.

And what happens when you create two new icons with
this command line:

- "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IExplore.exe"
- c:\winnt\system32\notepad.exe