Unable to open exe,msc files

Hi,

In win 2003 ENT sp2 if we type notepad,.msc,.exe files are not opening
giving error path not found.Even commands not working from command promt
..How to fix it.System antivirus is upto date


Regards
Venu

 

What happens if you try from within the windows folder? Control
Panel|System|Advanced|Environment Variables|System Variables and make sure
that "Path" has
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%
at least somewhere in the string.

Also check that "Path" found at
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment
is a type Reg_Expand_Sz string and not type Reg_Sz


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"Admin" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In win 2003 ENT sp2 if we type notepad,.msc,.exe files are not opening
> giving error path not found.Even commands not working from command promt
> .How to fix it.System antivirus is upto date
>
>
> Regards
> Venu
>
>

 

Admin wrote:
>Hi,
>
>In win 2003 ENT sp2 if we type notepad,.msc,.exe files are not opening
>giving error path not found.Even commands not working from command promt
>.How to fix it.System antivirus is upto date
>
>Regards
>Venu

Solution: 1: Create a restore point.
2: Create a directory called Driver1 under C:\Staging\I386\System32.
3: Copy the entire contents of the floppy disk/image provided by your vendor
to the Driver1 directory. This is the best way to ensure you don't omit any
DLL or other files required by the driver in order for it to load.
4: Using Notepad, open C:\Staging\I386\system32\winpeoem.sif.
5: Remove all semicolons from the [OEMDriverParams] section (three lines
total).
6: Add Driver1 to the OEMDriverDirs line. Do not include quotes, and if you
need to repeat the first step for multiple drivers, add them here as well,
separated by commas.

7: Restart the computer and check it

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