AUTOCHECK

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L. V. Bekeris

When starting my computer with MS XP Pro, I get the following message:
"Program not found - Skipping autocheck"
How can I correct this problem?
 
Look in the usual places for a deleted startup program

START | RUN | Type 'regedit' & press ENTER

Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

And

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Do you see any rogue entries or deleted applications you know about?

Another place to check will be your STARTUP folder

START | ALL PROGRAMS | STARTUP

It also could be a service that is automatically running on startup which
has a Desktop application associated to it

Good luck
 
I suspect this has got to do with the AUTOCHK.EXE utility that is the
part of chkdsk.exe that runs before Windows XP has actually loaded.

The system, by default, is set to call on the Autocheck utility every
time Windows XP boots up.

If the file AUTOCHK.EXE is not in the folder C:\WINDOWS\system32 you
will get this error message.

There is also an issue if drive [c:] is not your boot drive.

However, you can stop getting this message by typing the following
command either into the "Run" box on the 'Start Menu' or into a
'Command Prompt' (dos-box) window :

reg DELETE "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager" /v
BootExecute

(The above command should be all on one line but may not appear so due
to line-wrap. Please ensure that the command begins with 'reg' and ends
with '/f')

....you will then have to sort out the issue with the missing file. You
can then type the following command in the "Run" box to restore the
calling of the Autocheck utility at every boot :

chkntfs /d

*Note - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create a
backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)
 
Correction : The command should have read -

reg DELETE "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager" /v
BootExecute /f

(The above command should be all on one line but may not appear so due
to line-wrap. Please ensure that the command begins with 'reg' and ends
with '/f')

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)



Tim Meddick said:
I suspect this has got to do with the AUTOCHK.EXE utility that is the
part of chkdsk.exe that runs before Windows XP has actually loaded.

The system, by default, is set to call on the Autocheck utility every
time Windows XP boots up.

If the file AUTOCHK.EXE is not in the folder C:\WINDOWS\system32 you
will get this error message.

There is also an issue if drive [c:] is not your boot drive.

However, you can stop getting this message by typing the following
command either into the "Run" box on the 'Start Menu' or into a
'Command Prompt' (dos-box) window :

reg DELETE "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager" /v
BootExecute

(The above command should be all on one line but may not appear so due
to line-wrap. Please ensure that the command begins with 'reg' and
ends with '/f')

...you will then have to sort out the issue with the missing file.
You can then type the following command in the "Run" box to restore
the calling of the Autocheck utility at every boot :

chkntfs /d

*Note - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create
a backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




L. V. Bekeris said:
When starting my computer with MS XP Pro, I get the following
message:
"Program not found - Skipping autocheck"
How can I correct this problem?
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