gwerjo

Hi guys, Just wanted to say thanks to NaelAmer for that solution. This problem has been bugging me for months. Even up reloading XP just to get over it - in my case it was Regedit as well as CMD that wouldn't work. Major bottomer! Anyway just as you suggested, had a look in system32 and indeed there were 5 or 6 zero-byte .com files (including ping and tracert). Knock them off and all is well. Any ideas what might have caused this?? After reloading XP the problem was resolved (obviously) but then just seemed to pop back by magic. Thanks again, Gwerjo