No MSCONFIG - Can this be re-installed?

[Greg Matthews]

Hi,

When I enter MSCONFIG into Run, I get the message 'Windows cannot find
'msconfig'. Make sure you type the name correctly and then try again. To
search for a file, click the Start button and then click Search.

Is there anyway to get MSCONFIG back again?

Greg.

 

[Maincat]

Hi,

When I enter MSCONFIG into Run, I get the message 'Windows cannot find
'msconfig'. Make sure you type the name correctly and then try again. To
search for a file, click the Start button and then click Search.

Is there anyway to get MSCONFIG back again?

Greg.

Are you using an administrator account? If not, do so and see if MSCONFIG
appears.

 

[Greg Matthews]

Hi,

Yes I am using an administrator account and get the error message previously
posted when entering this into Run.

Greg.

 

[WTC]

Hi,

When I enter MSCONFIG into Run, I get the message 'Windows cannot
find 'msconfig'. Make sure you type the name correctly and then try
again. To search for a file, click the Start button and then click
Search.

Is there anyway to get MSCONFIG back again?

Greg.

Hi Greg Matthews,

What happens when you type:

msconfig.exe

or

C:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\msconfig.exe


Also, do the following commands work in the Run dialog box:

regedit
cmd

 

[Greg Matthews]

Hi William,

Same error as before when typing in msconfig.exe, however I can view
msconfig using C:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\msconfig.exe.
Both commands work as I would expect in the Run dialog box.

Is there any reason you can think of why just entering msconfig would not
work yet C:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\msconfig.exe does seem to?

Greg.

 

[WTC]

Greg Matthews wrote:

Open the registry and navigate to the following location:

"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\MSCONFIG.EXE"

Is "C:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\msconfig.exe" listed as the
correct path?

Also, open a command prompt and type:

set > "%userprofile%\desktop\set.txt"

A file called set.txt should be on your desktop, can you copy the
contents of the file and post back with results?

 

[Greg Matthews]

Hi William,

There is no MSCONFIG entry in the Registry under this location.

The following is the contenets of the set.txt file.

ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\Greg Matthews\Application Data
CLASSPATH=.;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\QTJava.zip
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=GREG
ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\Greg Matthews
LOGONSERVER=\\GREG
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1
OS=Windows_NT
Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program
Files\Common Files\Adobe\AGL;"C:\Program
Files\ZoneAlarm\MailFrontier";C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0207
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
QTJAVA=C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\QTJava.zip
SESSIONNAME=Console
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\GREGMA~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\GREGMA~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
tvdumpflags=8
USERDOMAIN=GREG
USERNAME=Greg Matthews
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\Greg Matthews
windir=C:\WINDOWS

Thanks again

Greg

 

[WTC]

Greg Matthews wrote:

Hi Greg Matthews,

Please download the following Registration file from my website to fix
the missing MSCONFIG entry in the registry to your desktop.

http://www.lprf.ca/files/temp/msconfig.reg

Right-click "msconfig.reg" to select Merge. This will merge the
contents of the registration file with the Windows registry. You may
view the contents of "msconfig.reg" by right-clicking "msconfig.reg" to
select edit.

When the file has been successfully merged then you *may* need to
_reboot_ your computer for the applied changes to your system.

If this procedure *does* not work then I will post on how to repair the
Help Center for Windows XP which includes the msconfig tool.

 

[Greg Matthews]

William,

Thanks for this, it worked perfectly, msconfig can now be accessed using
Run.

Appreciate all your help with this today.

Greg.

 

[WTC]

Hi Greg Matthews,

you're most welcome, Greg.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi,

When I enter MSCONFIG into Run, I get the message 'Windows cannot find
'msconfig'. Make sure you type the name correctly and then try again. To
search for a file, click the Start button and then click Search.

Is there anyway to get MSCONFIG back again?

Greg.

Your Path Statement is probably screwed up, and lacking the normal
entries for WinXP's system folders. Therefoe, WinXP doesn't know how to
find the applications.

It should look something like this:

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem

To edit the Path, right-click My Computer > Properties > Advanced >
Environmental Variables. In the System Variables windows, highlight
"Path" and click the <Edit> button.


--

Bruce Chambers

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