Re: Problems when upgrading from XP home to pro

From: kathrine (kathrine_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/02/05 

Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 12:07:04 -0800

I spelled it the right way in the command promt... I went and tried once more
and it still says unknown command. Do i need to type something else with the
name of the exe file? something like start or run or something?

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

> Hi Kathrine,
>
> Check your spelling, it's rstrui.exe, not rstui.exe.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "kathrine" <kathrine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7DFD285A-B2B5-45A5-B2AE-627390926B53@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks.
> > But how do I make the file run? I am in command prompt and i can see the
> > rstui.exe file. How do i start it? I type rstui.exe - but it says its an
> > "unknown command".
> >
> > "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Kathrine,
> >>
> >> If you can get to "safe mode with command prompt", the file you want to
> >> run
> >> in the \restore subfolder is the rstrui.exe file I mentioned previously -
> >> it
> >> should start the System Restore GUI. If you end up starting over, there
> >> is
> >> no reason you need to remove the other installation at this point. Use it
> >> as
> >> a fail-safe to recover and hold onto any critical files from the old
> >> installation.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
> >>
> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> >> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> >>
> >
>
>
>

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