Where oh where is my msconfig.exe?

Do I still have it and it's been hidden by an installed app or is something else going on?

Published on March 20, 2008 By BigDogBigFeet In Personal Computing

Hi all,

Well as a result of Po's thread Virtual Memory Question I've discovered that when I click on start, run and type in msconfig and press enter ...... nothing happens. I fired up explorer and searched my windows sub, no go and did a system Search twice and again no go. Did some web searching and discovered one of 2 possibilities an installed app has it hidden from my through a system key setting or in the worst case malware. At present I'm not suspecting malware. System has no other problems currently and it's possible any of these progs could have it hidden: Ad-Aware 2007 Free, SpyBot Search and Destroy (I'm new to both of these) I also have Tune-Up Utilities 2006 and please don't gasp, Norton System Works(well mostly, lol).

Anywho, I thought I'd post to see if anyone has some insight as to what's caused this and what Reg Key(s) might be involved. I'm thinking that's probably what's happened.

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vStyler

on Mar 23, 2008

That is odd.

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BigDogBigFeet

on Mar 23, 2008

I also rolled back WB to the last stable version 6.03.046 and de-installed Impulse. The other thing I noticed on my rig is Impulse had indicated I had a 4.03 release, I think, and SDC indicated 3.9 release. From memory but, I do recall the 2 programs Impulse and SDC did not sync and agree on release level of IP. That's what made me think the install process may have gone bad. For now I'm sticking with the stable release of WB and IP because it's working.

on Mar 23, 2008

on Mar 23, 2008

Forums are being goofy.. Daiwa, do u have impulse installed?

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BigDogBigFeet

on Mar 23, 2008

Ya they sure are sorry. I hope this doesn't post eleventy times.

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PoSmedley

on Mar 23, 2008

Ok.. To who it concerns..The problem is Icon Packager

I reformatted and reinstalled everything, including the pre-release beta stuff. The only I haven't installed is SDC. I have no problems with msconfig or anything else. I installed everything through Impulse.

So, I have to ask. I run XP, are you two running Vista? If not, why hasn't it messed mine up again?

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BigDogBigFeet

on Mar 23, 2008

Well that's the mystery Po'. I'm running XP SP2 and because I don't want to spend alot more time sorting out what's what by re-installing everything I had before, I'm gonna wait till later in the week. It's entirely possible there was a bad install (bad XML?) that affected a number of users or some other installation problem. It's certainly fits how my system was behaving. Like the registry keys had issues. It got to the point that msconfig would autoload on every boot and show up in the process viewer only. Also, my system had memory leak issues to the tune of 150MB of ram on a fresh boot. My system is stable again so I'm going to leave well enough alone.

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vStyler

on Mar 23, 2008

XP sp2

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werewolf

on Mar 23, 2008

I just ran msconfig from the run command line and it popped right up, I also have Impulsed installed

vista 32 home edition SP1

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Daiwa

on Mar 23, 2008

John -

I installed Impulse on only one of the 3 XP rigs, on either 3-18 or 3-19, one with IP 3.20.128 - got an "Installation Successful" message, left the "Launch Impulse now box ticked & it immediately crashed on clicking the OK button. Haven't been able to get it installed on that rig since (same issue each time) and haven't attempted it on the other two.

I just double-checked and the machine on which I first encountered the missing msconfig UI actually has IP 3.11.105 & WB 6.00[b].099 installed (my wife's rig - she gets twitchy when I touch it

- her computer, that is). That rig has not seen Impulse yet.

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vStyler

on Mar 23, 2008

(my wife's rig - she gets twitchy when I touch it

What are we talking about here?

Well, perhaps someone at SD can elighten us on monday..?

werewolf.. do u have IP installed?

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yrag

on Mar 23, 2008

(my wife's rig - she gets twitchy when I touch it

What are we talking about here?

I, for one, completely overlooked Icon Developer. The time frame is 'right' and it's associated with IP. I'm having no problems on any of my machines (even the ones I tried to replicate the problem on), but I just noticed (for whatever reason) I didn't install the newest ID (Freudian maybe). I still don't know why or where this Vista file reference is coming from...oye. I'd install new ID, but it's almost Monday.....let the Stardockian brain trust figure it out. Maybe while they're at it, they'll replenish the hamster herd in the server cage.

All and all...it's been a real fuckin' hoot (more for some then others, hey John?).

133

vStyler

on Mar 23, 2008

lol.. yeah I just love problem solving..

For what it's worth.. I didn't have ID installed.. just IP.

134

yrag

on Mar 23, 2008

I didn't have ID installed

doh!!!!

Well, this will make Zubazski happy........

I give up.

135

yrag

on Mar 23, 2008

I didn't have ID installed

doh!!!!

Well, this will make Zubazski happy........

I give up.

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