I can not use "msconfig" any more!

[Andy Chen]

It worked fine before. But now when I enter msconfig and press enter, I got
a error messange which says "Windows can not find msconfig". What's the
problem?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Andy,

Are you able to run MSConfig by typing the full path?

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

If that does not help, extract a copy of msconfig.exe from the Windows XP
CD-ROM or ServicePack source path (if you have applied SP1 and above)

 

[Andy Chen]

Thanks for your response.
I can run it from the full path, it is a Environment Variables problem,
right? How can I fix it?

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Tell me more...

Hi Andy,

Are you able to run MSConfig by typing the full path?

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

If that does not help, extract a copy of msconfig.exe from the Windows XP
CD-ROM or ServicePack source path (if you have applied SP1 and above)

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

it is a Environment Variables problem

May be an App Paths issue. Open Regedit and navigate to:

[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\MSCONFIG.EXE]

In the right-pane, set the (default) value to:

"C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\MSConfig.exe"

Change the drive letters/paths accordingly.

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

Thanks for your response.
I can run it from the full path, it is a Environment Variables problem,
right? How can I fix it?

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