Missing accessor.inf

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On one of my servers, I can't access the Add/Remove Windows Components Icon in Add/Remove Programs under the Control Panel. I receive an error message that "Setup" can't open file accessor.inf. Unfortunately, the file is nowhere to be found on the system. I've searched Microsoft Support and all over the web but I can't find any record of this happening to anyone else

Does anyone know if there is a safe way to recreate this file?
 
You'll probably want to download the current service pack, extract the
files, then expand a new copy from the extracted \i386 directory.

From a command prompt you can expand the file. An example;

expand E:\I386\calc.ex_ %windir%\system32\calc.exe

would expand a new copy of calc.exe to the \system32 directory.

An example to extract a service pack files without installing them, execute
J:\W2kSP3\W2KSP3.exe /x
Then when prompted, specify a directory to hold the extracted files.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
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| On one of my servers, I can't access the Add/Remove Windows Components
Icon in Add/Remove Programs under the Control Panel. I receive an error
message that "Setup" can't open file accessor.inf. Unfortunately, the file
is nowhere to be found on the system. I've searched Microsoft Support and
all over the web but I can't find any record of this happening to anyone
else.
|
| Does anyone know if there is a safe way to recreate this file?
 

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