RE: Admin Tools not working after XP upgrade from ME

FYI -- I have tried launching the admin tools from a dos prompt
(C:\Windows\System 32), and also after rebooting my computer in safe mode. I
get the same problem.

Mark

"mark" wrote:

> A couple of weeks ago I upgraded from windows me to xp home. However, I
> oticed 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:\Windows\System32. 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?
>
> Mark
>
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