Re: can't open user accounts

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Ramesh,
I've found the file in my CD, I copied it and wrote it to the system32 file;
still get error message on notepad, BTW the mshta.exe is a notepad file
according to the icon. I don't how how to remove the old mshta and replace
it. I've tried to delete the old .exe, but came back.

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> The 65KB mshta.exe file might be the renamed notepad.exe. You can confirm it
> by double-clicking the mshta.exe in your System32 folder. BTW, the filesize
> of the original mshta.exe from XP SP2 system is 29KB
>
> Try extracting the original copy from the XP CD, or ServicePack Files source
> path. Or, see if copying the file from SoftwareDistribution folder helps.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "hirschfeld" <hirschfeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3E6E55B8-AED2-4FD8-907C-8F5CBD74913B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hello Ramesh-
> > At the command prompt I typed assoc.hta=htafile and hit enter
> > the window repeated hta=htafile and then returned another command prompt
> > line, C:documents,settings, owner>
> > I typed in windows\system32
> > this was not recognized as a command, so nothing happened.
> >
> > I located the mshta.exe file with the seach engine; there are 3:
> > MSHTA.EXE-1299A8EF.pf this is a 10KB file
> > mshta.exe; this is the WINNT\system32 file; 65KB
> > mshta.exe; this is WINNT\SoftwareDistribution\Download\(long string of
> > letters and #; 29KB
> >
> > I think the last one is an app I downloaded, a security devise recommended
> > by PC magazine. Maybe this is the problem. I will delete it and see.
> > Will
> > also wait for your response. Thanks, Hirschfeld
> > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> Open a CMD prompt window and type this command: (without quotes)
> >>
> >> "assoc .hta=htafile"
> >>
> >> Then, open Windows\System32 folder and note down the file-size for
> >> mshta.exe. Post the info here.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> >> Windows XP Shell/User
> >> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
> >>
> >>
> >> "hirschfeld" <hirschfeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:4CC2F2C0-D0B3-4277-82C8-A81C59F1A1F8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > clicking on "user accounts" opens note pad message " invalid
> >> > directory,filename or syntax". uisng windows XP on pentuim 4.
> >>
> >>
>
>
.

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