Re: NET START resulted with message "The system cannot find the path specified" in Win2003 server

Sounds like the file is missing. A rather uncommon issue but easily fixed.
You can expand a new copy from your installation media.

expand D:\I386\net.ex_ %systemroot%\system32\net.exe

Also you'll want to use the correct version for the service pack level
you're at. So you may need to extract the file from a service pack.

To extract the service pack files without installing them, execute
J:\W2kSP4\W2KSP4.exe /x
Then when prompted, specify a directory to hold the extracted files.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"Jonathan Chong" wrote:
|I tried from C:\Windows\System32 and it was the same situation with "The
| system cannot find the path specified." message given.
|
| Regards,
| Jonathan


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