chapper Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Hii all, looking forward to getting to know you! Am new here & really hope you can help me with "run>misconfig" problem that I have had since quite some time and have spent hours& hours & hours over several days trying to solve.I have sought help on several forums, Googled till I'm half blind. found a thread here concerning this problem without any luck & what info I have found is not very encouraging.Am using XP Pro SP2.All commands except for MSCONFIG open. Help & Support opens also. Have tried sfc /scannow to no avail. MISCONFIG>EXE shows up in the registry.Is there any thing I can do short of a repair installation? Never heard of this, but is there a way to find the file on my XP Pro disc? Really going bonkers here; it's an annoying handicap, as you can imagine.Much thanks for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlash428 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Have you tried launching it directly from the source?C:\Windows\system32\msconfig.exe (C:\Windows\system32\msconfig.cpl should also work, but I think the .exe is the one you need to have).**or whatever your system folder is**Has this computer always had this problem, or is it new?You may be able to copy the above 2 files from another PC if they are not present...? Or extract MSCONFIG.EX_ from the I386 directory of the Windows installation disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapper Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 Have you tried launching it directly from the source?C:\Windows\system32\msconfig.exe (C:\Windows\system32\msconfig.cpl should also work, but I think the .exe is the one you need to have).**or whatever your system folder is**Has this computer always had this problem, or is it new?You may be able to copy the above 2 files from another PC if they are not present...? Or extract MSCONFIG.EX_ from the I386 directory of the Windows installation disk.Thanks Flash for the quick reply. I've tried to open it from the source, no go. Just now pasted your 2 files in search & both come up with no results. As I said above MISCONFIG.EXE shows up in the registry.I don't have another XP PC.It's had this problem for quite a while but it has worked in this installation. It's only lately that I've had this problem.Afraid I don't know how to extract the MSCONFIG.EXE from the disc unless I do a search on the D drive, is that what I should do? actually just did that with no results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretNinja Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 firstly my copy of msconfig is located in C:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\binaries, not in system32secondly if you put in your xp cd and type in to the run dialog box "expand x:\i386\MSCONFIG.EX_ C:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\msconfig.exe"where x: is the letter of your cd drive that should restore the file from the cd for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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