msconfig cannot find files

[microsoft]

Originally I could not get MSCONFIG to run so I copied the file from another
computer. (First I did a 'send to', which screwed that computer as well). I
pasted the file to the Windows/System folder. Now when I run msconfig on Win
2000 professional it cannot find the autoexec.bat, config.sys, sytem.ini or
the win.ini files.
The source computer is now doing the same thing.
Is there a way to fix this.
Thanks
Loretta

 

[John Thomas Smith]

Originally I could not get MSCONFIG to run

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[Steve Parry [MVP]]

Originally I could not get MSCONFIG to run so I copied the file from
another computer. (First I did a 'send to', which screwed that
computer as well). I pasted the file to the Windows/System folder.
Now when I run msconfig on Win 2000 professional it cannot find the
autoexec.bat, config.sys, sytem.ini or the win.ini files.
The source computer is now doing the same thing.
Is there a way to fix this.
Thanks
Loretta

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk/downloads/msconfig.zip

Unzip the files and place them in your system path

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Originally I could not get MSCONFIG to run so I copied
the file from another computer. (First I did a 'send to',
which screwed that computer as well). I pasted the file
to the Windows/System folder. Now when I run msconfig on
Win 2000 professional it cannot find the autoexec.bat,
config.sys, sytem.ini or the win.ini files.
The source computer is now doing the same thing.
Is there a way to fix this.
Thanks
Loretta

Win2K doesn't normally use any of those files, anyway. They're
simply included to provide backwards compatibility for some legacy
applications.

MSConfig is/was a Win98/Me utility, brought back in WinXP, which
is also targeted at the home consumer market. There is no equivalent
utility included with Win95/WinNT/Win2K.

In most cases, one need only open the offending program and
deselect the option to "display icon in the system tray" or to "start
when Windows starts."

To view the list of your start up programs, look in the
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up and
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Start Up
folders, and in the system registry, primarily in the
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run keys. These can
also be viewed, if I remember correctly, by right-clicking My
Computer, selecting "Manage" and expanding System Tools-- System
Information -- Software Environment -- Startup Programs. To prevent
any of them from starting at login, you'll have to delete shortcuts
from the startup folder(s) and/or edit the registry. I should point
out that, in order to make such system modifications requires one to
have administrative privileges to the machine in question. I should
also point out that one should not even consider editing the registry
unless he is fully confident that he knows exactly what is going to
happen as a result of each and every change.

--

Bruce Chambers

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