Start>Run... Huh?
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I have something interesting going on... Operating System: Windows 2000 (SP2) Whenever I use Start>Run (or Windows + R) to run an app (usually "regedit", but it does the same with notepad or any application) it correctly launches the application but also displays the error message "Cannot find the file 'regedit' (or one of its components). Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available." After I press "OK" on this messagebox the "Run" dialog re-appears. The application IS running and IS useable. I've searched high and low on the internet (including Microsoft's site) to no avail. Apparently I'm the only person on the planet that this happens to. It is consistent (happens every time). If I use "Run" with a URL it works OK, it only does this with applications. This isn't a "show stopper" but it certainly is annoying. Any ideas?? Mike Mullikin - Sonork 100.10096 "Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar." - Drew Carey
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really just ideas: what when you run dos-box? (cmd or command; i have no w2000 here) no strange default path? all ok when you run from dos-box? makes any delay? what is your %path%? the same with "c:\bootlog.txt"? (sorry, you already said no) the same with "start command"? t!
real name wrote: what when you run dos-box? (cmd or command; i have no w2000 here) From "Command Prompt" it runs OK. real name wrote: no strange default path? My current PATH variable is: %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem real name wrote: makes any delay? No delay real name wrote: the same with "start command"? Same error about "command" and Dos box opens Mike Mullikin - Sonork 100.10096 "Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar." - Drew Carey
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I have something interesting going on... Operating System: Windows 2000 (SP2) Whenever I use Start>Run (or Windows + R) to run an app (usually "regedit", but it does the same with notepad or any application) it correctly launches the application but also displays the error message "Cannot find the file 'regedit' (or one of its components). Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available." After I press "OK" on this messagebox the "Run" dialog re-appears. The application IS running and IS useable. I've searched high and low on the internet (including Microsoft's site) to no avail. Apparently I'm the only person on the planet that this happens to. It is consistent (happens every time). If I use "Run" with a URL it works OK, it only does this with applications. This isn't a "show stopper" but it certainly is annoying. Any ideas?? Mike Mullikin - Sonork 100.10096 "Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar." - Drew Carey
Could be a virus, or the remains of a virus that incompletely removed. Some Windows viruses associate themselves with .EXE files. Look in HKCR\.exe and HKCR\exefile and see if there's anything suspicious-looking there. --Mike-- http://home.inreach.com/mdunn/ "Not our fault we are intellectually superior to the rest of the office." -- Paul Watson in the Lounge, 12/12/2001 Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Big fan of Alyson Hannigan.
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Could be a virus, or the remains of a virus that incompletely removed. Some Windows viruses associate themselves with .EXE files. Look in HKCR\.exe and HKCR\exefile and see if there's anything suspicious-looking there. --Mike-- http://home.inreach.com/mdunn/ "Not our fault we are intellectually superior to the rest of the office." -- Paul Watson in the Lounge, 12/12/2001 Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Big fan of Alyson Hannigan.
Nothing "suspicious-looking"... ...but then again, I have no idea what I'm looking at in this area of the registry. :confused: One thing that strikes me as odd, is that I can't find any hint of this issue anywhere on the internet. It's kinda tricky to search for, but I haven't found a thing. I had also considered the possiblity of virii, but I would have thought somebody else would have noticed/reported it. Oh well, maybe it's a really, REALLY bad virus writer and I was his/her first victim and the virus died. :) Mike Mullikin - Sonork 100.10096 "Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar." - Drew Carey
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Nothing "suspicious-looking"... ...but then again, I have no idea what I'm looking at in this area of the registry. :confused: One thing that strikes me as odd, is that I can't find any hint of this issue anywhere on the internet. It's kinda tricky to search for, but I haven't found a thing. I had also considered the possiblity of virii, but I would have thought somebody else would have noticed/reported it. Oh well, maybe it's a really, REALLY bad virus writer and I was his/her first victim and the virus died. :) Mike Mullikin - Sonork 100.10096 "Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar." - Drew Carey
Anything suspicious would be under HKCR\exefile\shell, especially shell\open\command. The default value of the command key should be
"%1" %*. If there's an .exe name there, instead of %1, then it's likely a virus. --Mike-- My really out-of-date homepage "Not our fault we are intellectually superior to the rest of the office." -- Paul Watson in the Lounge, 12/12/2001 Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Big fan of Alyson Hannigan. -
Anything suspicious would be under HKCR\exefile\shell, especially shell\open\command. The default value of the command key should be
"%1" %*. If there's an .exe name there, instead of %1, then it's likely a virus. --Mike-- My really out-of-date homepage "Not our fault we are intellectually superior to the rest of the office." -- Paul Watson in the Lounge, 12/12/2001 Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Big fan of Alyson Hannigan.Michael Dunn wrote: Anything suspicious would be under HKCR\exefile\shell, especially shell\open\command. The default value of the command key should be "%1" %*. If there's an .exe name there, instead of %1, then it's likely a virus. Nope, everything seems to look like it should. Any idea what executable is run when I use Start/Run? Nothing new gets added to the Applications or Processes in Task Manager. Is it part of explorer.exe?? Mike Mullikin - Sonork 100.10096 "Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar." - Drew Carey
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Michael Dunn wrote: Anything suspicious would be under HKCR\exefile\shell, especially shell\open\command. The default value of the command key should be "%1" %*. If there's an .exe name there, instead of %1, then it's likely a virus. Nope, everything seems to look like it should. Any idea what executable is run when I use Start/Run? Nothing new gets added to the Applications or Processes in Task Manager. Is it part of explorer.exe?? Mike Mullikin - Sonork 100.10096 "Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar." - Drew Carey
Mike Mullikin wrote: Any idea what executable is run when I use Start/Run? That's part of Explorer (it's just a modeless dialog), not a separate EXE. --Mike-- My really out-of-date homepage "Why does anyone have a web page? Too much free time... not enough friends... justifying owning a computer." -- Noel Crane on Felicity Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Big fan of Alyson Hannigan.
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I have something interesting going on... Operating System: Windows 2000 (SP2) Whenever I use Start>Run (or Windows + R) to run an app (usually "regedit", but it does the same with notepad or any application) it correctly launches the application but also displays the error message "Cannot find the file 'regedit' (or one of its components). Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available." After I press "OK" on this messagebox the "Run" dialog re-appears. The application IS running and IS useable. I've searched high and low on the internet (including Microsoft's site) to no avail. Apparently I'm the only person on the planet that this happens to. It is consistent (happens every time). If I use "Run" with a URL it works OK, it only does this with applications. This isn't a "show stopper" but it certainly is annoying. Any ideas?? Mike Mullikin - Sonork 100.10096 "Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar." - Drew Carey
Somehow, some way, it has healed itself... This weekend after uninstalling a few un-needed apps (mostly shareware), accidentally un-installing MS Office and re-installing and patching MS Office my Start->Run sequence works properly again. I guess I'll never know EXACTLY what was wrong. Oh well...
Mike Mullikin - Sonork 100.10096 "Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar." - Drew Carey
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I have something interesting going on... Operating System: Windows 2000 (SP2) Whenever I use Start>Run (or Windows + R) to run an app (usually "regedit", but it does the same with notepad or any application) it correctly launches the application but also displays the error message "Cannot find the file 'regedit' (or one of its components). Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available." After I press "OK" on this messagebox the "Run" dialog re-appears. The application IS running and IS useable. I've searched high and low on the internet (including Microsoft's site) to no avail. Apparently I'm the only person on the planet that this happens to. It is consistent (happens every time). If I use "Run" with a URL it works OK, it only does this with applications. This isn't a "show stopper" but it certainly is annoying. Any ideas?? Mike Mullikin - Sonork 100.10096 "Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar." - Drew Carey
My fixit to general problems like this -- it to run Norton's WinDoctor (part of Norton Utilities). It seems to just run thru and make sure things are "right". I strongly recommend it...