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"Windows cannot find 'msconfig'"
My latest problem is this:
In the Start menu, I click on Run... and the "Run" dialog box appears. I type "msconfig" (without the quotation marks), and I get the following error message: "msconfig: Windows cannot find 'msconfig'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search." Why is this? |
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"Windows cannot find 'msconfig'"
Pekka Numminen wrote:
My latest problem is this: In the Start menu, I click on Run... and the "Run" dialog box appears. I type "msconfig" (without the quotation marks), and I get the following error message: "msconfig: Windows cannot find 'msconfig'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search." Why is this? This could be because: - the file isn't in the default path. Do as suggested and search for the file. - the hard drive has issues and lost the file. Run Chkdsk and see if there are problems. - malware is sending a false report that the file isn't seen. See if you can run Task Manager, and Regedit as a test. - malware removed it. Run these: Malwarebytes© Corporation http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe SuperAntispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/supe...freevspro.html -- Joe =o) |
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"Windows cannot find 'msconfig'"
On 6 Jan, 16:48, Elmo wrote:
This could be because: - the file isn't in the default path. *Do as suggested and search for the file. - the hard drive has issues and lost the file. *Run Chkdsk and see if there are problems. - malware is sending a false report that the file isn't seen. *See if you can run Task Manager, and Regedit as a test. - malware removed it. *Run these: Malwarebytes© Corporationhttp://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe SuperAntispywarehttp://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro..html I searched for msconfig.* and these were found: C:\WINDOWS\Help\msconfig.chm C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache\msconfig.exe C:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\msconfig.exe Is this correct? I actually ran both Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and SuperAntiSpyware earlier today, but each time the check was aborted because Windows froze. No threats were found before that. Chkdsk would probably take a year to complete. |
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"Windows cannot find 'msconfig'"
Pekka Numminen wrote:
On 6 Jan, 16:48, Elmo wrote: This could be because: - the file isn't in the default path. Do as suggested and search for the file. - the hard drive has issues and lost the file. Run Chkdsk and see if there are problems. - malware is sending a false report that the file isn't seen. See if you can run Task Manager, and Regedit as a test. - malware removed it. Run these: Malwarebytes© Corporationhttp://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe SuperAntispywarehttp://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html I searched for msconfig.* and these were found: C:\WINDOWS\Help\msconfig.chm C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache\msconfig.exe C:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\msconfig.exe Is this correct? I also have this one: C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386 But yours is in the correct place, C:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\ Since you also can't run two malware programs, I suspect you're infected. Three things I would try in the order shown: 1. Open Task Manager and stop any processes you don't recognize. If you close the wrong one and the computer freezes, just restart and try again. After stopping many unneeded processes, try Malwarebytes again. 2. If that didn't work, boot to Safe Mode and run Malwarebytes there. 3. Burn BitDefender, or another program listed at the link below, to a CD (using a working machine) and test the infected machine with it. BitDefender also has a Rootkit checker on the Linux Desktop; run it if you think that's the problem: http://www.techmixer.com/free-bootab...download-list/ Download the executable rather than the .iso image, if one is available, (though no .exe is available for BitDefender). After the scan is run, if you elect to quarantine files, they're quarantined to RAM and lost after you reboot. You'll need to copy any quarantined files to the hard drive, a thumb drive or elsewhere before exiting. Then run these: Malwarebytes© Corporation http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe SuperAntispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/supe...freevspro.html I actually ran both Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and SuperAntiSpyware earlier today, but each time the check was aborted because Windows froze. No threats were found before that. Chkdsk would probably take a year to complete. -- Joe =o) |
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"Windows cannot find 'msconfig'"
On Jan 6, 1:08*pm, Pekka Numminen wrote:
On 6 Jan, 16:48, Elmo wrote: This could be because: - the file isn't in the default path. *Do as suggested and search for the file. - the hard drive has issues and lost the file. *Run Chkdsk and see if there are problems. - malware is sending a false report that the file isn't seen. *See if you can run Task Manager, and Regedit as a test. - malware removed it. *Run these: Malwarebytes© Corporationhttp://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe SuperAntispywarehttp://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html I searched for msconfig.* and these were found: C:\WINDOWS\Help\msconfig.chm C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache\msconfig.exe C:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\msconfig.exe Is this correct? I actually ran both Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and SuperAntiSpyware earlier today, but each time the check was aborted because Windows froze. No threats were found before that. Chkdsk would probably take a year to complete. It could be malware and you should figure out why MBAM and SAS will not run and fix that. msconfig.exe (the one that gets run) is where it is supposed to be which is: C:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\msconfig.exe The path to msconfig is in the regsistry app paths variable. HKLM\sotware\microsoft\windows\currentversion\app paths\msconfig\ The default value contains the path to the msconfig executable. It should contain: C:\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\binaries\msconfig.exe It is in some other locations on your HDD on purpose since it is a Windows Protected File. If you delete the correct one and WFP is working, it will be quickly and silently be replaced with the copy from dllcache and an event like this in the System Event Log: Event Type: Information Event Source: Windows File Protection Event Category: None Event ID: 64002 Description: File replacement was attempted on the protected system file c:\windows \pchealth\helpctr\binaries\msconfig.exe. This file was restored to the original version to maintain system stability. The file version of the system file is 5.1.2600.5512. |
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"Windows cannot find 'msconfig'"
I managed to run Quick Scans of MBAM and SAS. No infected objects were
found. I also burned the BitDefender CD and ran the scan. Nothing was found. In Registry Editor under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows \CurrentVersion\App Paths, there is no MSCONFIG.EXE. I wonder why that is? |
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"Windows cannot find 'msconfig'"
Pekka Numminen wrote:
I managed to run Quick Scans of MBAM and SAS. No infected objects were found. I also burned the BitDefender CD and ran the scan. Nothing was found. In Registry Editor under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows \CurrentVersion\App Paths, there is no MSCONFIG.EXE. I wonder why that is? What changed, that you were able to run mbam and sas? -- Joe =o) |
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"Windows cannot find 'msconfig'"
On 10 Jan, 00:00, Elmo wrote:
What changed, that you were able to run mbam and sas? I don't know, Windows probably froze back then because I tried to run some applications at the same time. |
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