Re: Another Config Problem

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Use the rd (same as RMDIR) command, Bev. For help on any command use the /? switch. For help on other commands type help .

John

BevH wrote:

Thank you for the reply, it seems you understand my problem. I do have the files


system.LOG
system.sav

and systemprofile in this directory C:\windows\system32\config

However, I also have SYSTEM which is a folder/directory with size 0. I tried typing "del system" (like the instructions says) and I get:

c:\windows\system32\config\system\*. Are you sure/ <Y/N>

so I hit Y and it acts like it deletes it but it only deletes the contents of the SYSTEM folder. Is there another command I should use (my DOS is a little rusty)?

I don't know how this folder was created but I do know that I can't proceed with it like it is. I was successful in renaming system.bak to system, but when I tried to copy it to c:\windows\system32\config\system it puts it in the SYSTEM folder.

I'm stuck.


"Wesley Vogel" wrote:


There should be one folder in C:\windows\system32\config
Named systemprofile

systemprofile should have 12 folders and 2 files in it.

C:\windows\system32\config should have:
system with no file extension, it is NOT a folder.
system.LOG
system.sav
And maybe system.tmp.LOG if a user is logged on.

system.bak in windows\repair is a another backup file for system.

Try copying system.bak to the Desktop, rename it to system and move it into
C:\windows\system32\config

system is the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM registry key.

system.LOG is a backup file for system.

system.sav
Copies of the hive files as they looked at the end of the text-mode stage in
Setup.
Setup has two stages: text mode and graphics mode. The hive is copied to a
..sav file after the text-mode stage of setup to protect it from errors that
might occur if the graphics-mode stage of setup fails. If setup fails during
the graphics-mode stage, only the graphics-mode stage is repeated when the
computer is restarted; the .sav file is used to restore the hive data

system.tmp.LOG is a temporary transaction log of changes to the keys and
value entries in the hive.

And yes there are more files in C:\windows\system32\config

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:7891415D-FF31-4EE2-BDEA-8A7E7CD439E6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
BevH <BevH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:

Laptop won't boot up - received the \windows\system32\config\system file
is missing error. I have followed the instructions in Article Q307545
and keep getting stuck because on my computer

c:\windows\system32\config\system\ where \system is actually a folder
not a file like the article says.

So I've tried deleting the folder so I can copy the system file but it
won't delete. It acts like it is deleting but it doesn't go away.

The "system" file in windows\repair is named system.bak (which I thought
was a little weird since the article shows it as system with no file
extension). So I copy the system.bak to windows\system32\config and it
will copy fine. I then try to rename it to "system" and it puts it in
the windows\system32\config\system\ directory. I tried leaving it in this
directory and restarting the computer but still get same error message.

Please help me if you can.


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