Re: Not all admin tools work after upgrade to XP

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mark wrote:
> A couple of weeks ago I upgraded from windows me to xp home.
> However, I noticed that almost none of my admin tools work
> (perfmon.msc, dfrg.msc, compmgmt.msc, etc.). The message I get is
> that the particular .msc file does not exist on c:\windows32\.
> However, when I look on My Computer those files do exist, but if I
> double-click on that entry in My Computer it still tells me that file
> doesn't exist in that directory (leading me to believe that they're
> just not working for some reason). For some of these .msc files
> there are associated .exe files that work just fine -- just not the
> .msc files.
>
> I'm trying to figure out how I can get these to work (as I'm sure I
> would like to defrag my hard drive sometime in the future, for
> instance). I've considered reinstalling the XP upgrade, but I find
> that a little scary. If I were to reinstall the XP upgrade, is there
> a way to get it to only install the stuff I need? Any thoughts?

In C:\Windows32\? You sure you don't mean C:\Windows\System32?

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