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General Category => Tech Clinic => Topic started by: ALLAN ARMSTRONG on April 19, 2004, 10:43:41 AM

Title: MSCONFIG & HELP & SUPPORT XP HOME
Post by: ALLAN ARMSTRONG on April 19, 2004, 10:43:41 AM

I HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME. EVERY TIME I TRY TO RUN MSCONFIG OR HELP IN WINDOWS XP HOME, I GET THE FOLLOWING ERROR MESSAGE. WINDOWS CANNOT FIND help.ctr.exe (or msconfig), MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TYPED THE NAME CORRECTLY AND TRY AGAIN /sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':(\' />

Title: MSCONFIG & HELP & SUPPORT XP HOME
Post by: Guest on May 13, 2004, 11:17:51 AM

yeah, I'm having the same problems. anyone know how to fix this?

Title: MSCONFIG & HELP & SUPPORT XP HOME
Post by: Guest on May 13, 2004, 01:07:40 PM

figured it out - real easy to fix.

open up notepad and cut/paste this exactly:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\MSCONFIG.EXE]@="C:\\WINDOWS\\PCHealth\\HelpCtr\\Binaries\\MSConfig.exe"

then save the file as msconfig.reg

when it has been saved, double click it and click OK after the prompt.

Title: MSCONFIG & HELP & SUPPORT XP HOME
Post by: Guest on May 13, 2004, 01:08:37 PM

actually, copy/paste this exactly:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\MSCONFIG.EXE]@="C:\\WINDOWS\\PCHealth\\HelpCtr\\Binaries\\MSConfig.exe"