MSCONFIG doesn't run in a Command Prompt window?

[Netter]

MSCONFIG doesn't run in a Command Prompt window but it runs OK in a
START/RUN dialog box.
Does anyone understand why that is so?


Thanks

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

MSCONFIG doesn't run in a Command Prompt window but it runs OK in a
START/RUN dialog box.
Does anyone understand why that is so?


Thanks

This is because msconfig.exe is not located in a folder that
is listed in the %path%.

 

[Galen]

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MSCONFIG doesn't run in a Command Prompt window but it runs OK in a
START/RUN dialog box.
Does anyone understand why that is so?


Thanks

Because it's not a native command. It is a program, you can start it with
CMD though - you just need to use the path.

Not one to leave you "out in the cold" I rooted out the command line - just
for you. *nods*

Start
Run
"CMD"
<Enter>
"C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries\msconfig.exe"
<enter>

I dunno why you'd want that but you do and so you get it.

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[Netter]

thanks

This is because msconfig.exe is not located in a folder that
is listed in the %path%.

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

MSCONFIG doesn't run in a Command Prompt window but it runs OK in a
START/RUN dialog box.
Does anyone understand why that is so?

Because MSCONFIG.EXE is not located in the default search path.
In contrast to the Command Prompt window, START/RUN obtains the program
location from the Registry in addition to the search path.

 

[Netter]

In Netter had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:


Because it's not a native command. It is a program, you can start it with
CMD though - you just need to use the path.

Not one to leave you "out in the cold" I rooted out the command line -
just for you. *nods*

Definitely deserver nods!

So there is a CMD as well as a COMMAND.
They appear to be quite different programs that do similar things.
I'll look at GOOGLE to see if I can find info on when to use each.
If you have a pointer to some info that would be appreciated.


Thanks

 

[Netter]

Thanks a lot

Because MSCONFIG.EXE is not located in the default search path.
In contrast to the Command Prompt window, START/RUN obtains the program
location from the Registry in addition to the search path.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

If you would enter

set

you will see that the PATH would not contain
"C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries" in it. The CMD and Command DOS prompt
emulator(s) need to have the correct access to the MSCONFIG program but it is
neither in the current DOS folder ("C:\Documents and Settings\{user....}") nor
the PATH variable.

 

[Netter]

Thanks

If you would enter

set

you will see that the PATH would not contain
"C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries" in it. The CMD and Command DOS
prompt
emulator(s) need to have the correct access to the MSCONFIG program but it
is
neither in the current DOS folder ("C:\Documents and Settings\{user....}")
nor
the PATH variable.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

MSCONFIG doesn't run in a Command Prompt window but it runs OK in a
START/RUN dialog box.
Does anyone understand why that is so?


Thanks

Probably because MSConfig wasn't designed to operate in the
command-line environment; it's a purely graphical utility.


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[Academic]

That another thought
thanks

Probably because MSConfig wasn't designed to operate in the command-line
environment; it's a purely graphical utility.


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