Re: Command prompt is displayed briefly, then disappears

If you search for accessories and then open the folder and click command
prompt, will it run?
"BruceM" <bamoob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Again, I see the prevailing opinion is that that registry cleaners are not
a
good idea, or at best have a very limited usefulness.

Let me try this again. I *did not* have the registry cleaner do anything.

Mine is a problem with no solution, I think. As I have mentioned in
another
post, regedit does not run either. When I try to open it the Windows task
bar goes away for a few seconds, then returns, but the program never
opens.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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YMMV. You may want to review these previous threads on the issue:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/search?group=microsoft.public.windowsxp.general&q=%22registry+cleaner%22

BruceM wrote:
Thanks for the reply.

I said Error Smart wanted money first, which I didn't pay. It made no
changes of which I am aware, and now I have uninstalled it.

In researching another problem I came across the recommendation to use a
registry cleaner. In fact, I found that suggestion in several posts,
but
from the link you sent and other postings I found it does seem it is
unnecessary at best.

As for drawing my own conclusions, there are a wide range of suggestions
on
every topic. Within my own areas of comparative expertise (particularly
Word and database development with Access) I have learned enough over
the
years that I can sort through confliciting information, but I don't
really
have the information and experience to do that with operating system
anomalies. I can try to draw my own conclusions, but I do so based on
less
knowledge than I really need to do so with confidence. Instead I must
rely
on what others have posted. Since the same postings that suggested a
registry cleaner suggested a course of action that solved another
serious
problem the recommendation seemed to have some authority.


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Think your Registry needs "cleaning" or "repairing"? Read
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw your own conclusions.

Hopefully you have back-ups of the changes Error Smart made.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

BruceM wrote:
I forgot about another program I installed recently. I think it was
called
Error Smart. It was supposed to scan for problems (registry,
shortcuts,
etc.). It was listed as a free download, which it was, but then it
turned
out that actually using the program was going to cost money. Before
springing for something like that (which may not be possible at all
here
at
work) I would need to research which one is best. Anyhow, it is
uninstalled
now, along with Thunderbird, and I have restarted.

Another thing I did not mention is that I have disabled most startup
items
in msconfig. I also tried with all startup items enabled. Same
problems
remain.

"BruceM" <bamoob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Windows XP Pro SP3. I am logged on to the machine as an
Administrator.
The problems I describe below were not problems until recently. I
have
installed Firefox and Thunderbird recently, but have made no other
changes
I can think of. Firefox is now my default browser, but I did not use
Thunderbird, and just now uninstalled it.

The command prompt, including ipconfig, cannot be made to appear, or
appears for at most a couple of seconds. Any of the following cause
the
Windows task bar to blank out for a few seconds, as if I had used the
Task
manager to shut down the explorer.exe process, except that the task
bar
returns:
Start >> Run >> cmd
Start >> Run >> cmd.exe
Start >> Programs >> Accessories >> Command Prompt
Locating cmd.exe in Windows\System32, and attempting to start it from
there

In all cases it is the same whether I use Enter, click the OK button
at
Start >> Run, use the right click menu, or any other options I can
think
of.

When I go to Start >> Run and type ipconfig or ipconfig.exe and press
Enter or click OK, I see a command prompt window for a few seconds at
most
(usually just a fraction of a second). Same thing when I try to run
ipconfig.exe directly from System32.

For both cmd.exe and ipconfig.exe I have tried this syntax in the Run
window:
%SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe

I have searched for quite a while, but am now out of options.




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