Re: Cannot find the file "C:...dfrg.msc' ...

Thank you for your response! Sorry for delay in answering back; I
started a new job and it's been so hectic have not been on my computer
much so getting caught up now.

I don't know what has happened in the interim, but I did have the
dfrg.msc file. This time when I clicked on it, unlike all those other
times before I wrote this message, defrag opened and is now working!
Go figure. What I've been finding is that WIN2K is recalcitrant as
compared to Win98SE. After 6 years of using the older OS at home,
I've been finding Win2K's determination to go its own way, and not
_my_ way, very annoying <g>. Can't say why it's now working where for
days it didn't before! <frown> But it is for now.

I'll keep this information, though, as I'm sure this will give me
trouble again. That's what I'm coming to expect from Win2K (at least
until I get to know its quirks ... of which it seems to have quite a
few! <g>).

Thank you!

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On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 16:51:27 -0700, "Dave Patrick"
<DSPatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Does the file exist?
%systemroot%\system32\dfrg.msc

If so what happens when you double-click it? If not you can expand a new
copy of the MSC from your Windows 2000 install CD-Rom

From a command prompt you can expand the file. An example;

expand D:\I386\DFRG.MS_ %systemroot%\system32\DFRG.MSC

would expand a new copy to the \system32 directory.
(note the space between _ and %)

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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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"StargateFan" wrote:
| I'm getting this message:
|
| "Cannot find the file "C:...dfrg.msc' (or one of its components).
| Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required
| libraries are available."
|
| I googled various archives of these ngs and also some general googling
| but haven't found anything that works.
|
| I registered the defrag dll as mentioned in one post. Nothing. I ran
| "sfc/ quiet" but that didn't help either. As this is a new install, I
| don't know what has gone wrong as I'm not yet familiar with this OS
| and I don't recall having done anything to cause this.
|
| What can be done to this this? I've not installed any 3rd party
| defrag program and this seems to be the only thing wrong with the OS
| that I can see at this point.
|
| Thanks for any help in advance.
|


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