svchost & svchost.exe?

[Pegleg]

My understanding is that the valid file should reside in the /system32
folder...is it safe to remove any other svchost files found elsewhere?

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[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No...read the following:

A description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314056/en-us

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| My understanding is that the valid file should reside in the /system32
| folder...is it safe to remove any other svchost files found elsewhere?
|
| TIA
|
| U.S. Navy Retired
| Support Our Troops,
| Question The Policy!
|
| All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words:
| freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
| Sir Winston Churchill

 

[Pegleg]

No...read the following:

A description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314056/en-us

That says it applies to XP-Pro. I tried to run the Tasklist /svc
command in a cmd window in XP-Home and it doesn't recognize it.



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[Wesley Vogel]

svchost.exe should be found in both of these...
%SystemRoot%\System32 folder
and
%SystemRoot%\System32\dllcache folder

Tasklist.exe does not come with XP Home.

The following works. I did it when I had XP Home.

1. Download Tasklist.exe.

Tasklist.exe available here:
http://www.computerhope.com/download/winxp.htm

Or...

http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/

Microsoft Windows XP - Tips & Fixes
Click on:
Tasklist.exe - Lists all processes & services (/Svc)

Or...

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/utils/tasklist.zip

2. Copy tasklist.exe to

C:\WINDOWS\system32
or
%windir%\system32

3. Open a Command Prompt.

Start | Run | type: cmd | Click OK |
When the Command Prompt window opens type:

tasklist /svc

Hit your ENTER key.

Also:

tasklist /?

Displays Help and usage.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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