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I have a Windows 7 PC, and since a couple of days ago if I try to open notepad i get the following error:
Windows cannot find C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe . Make sure you typed the name correctly, and they try again.
By performing a search I found ...
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Notepad is perhaps the most commonly hardcoded it with an alternative... .
Windows NT put it in the System32 directory.
It all directory.
If it does, try recreate the shortcut.
Windows\system32\notepad.exe and see if that works.
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Is there a standard convention for the types of files that go in \Windows\ versus those that go in \Windows\System32 ??
I'm working on an SDK that has a variety of DLLs a helper exe, and a Windows service exe. The previous guy who worked on the code put...
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Windows and Windows\System32 application directory, not in the Windows directories under any circumstances - those executables, DLLs, drivers, fonts, configuration....
I would put the files under Program Files where they belong .
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Can I use a reference to wmpLib.ddl / wmp.dll (\windows\system32\wmp.dll) in a commercial application?
I am using Visual Studio 2008 Express edition. I have to deliver that DLL.
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This will generate .NET wrappers and add Windows the user install the correct version of Windows Media Player in case it is not there..
Search for Windows Media Player .
Components Tab.
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On Windows Server 2008 64-bit, I need an .msi installer file to write some files to \windows\system32\inetsrv folder. (The files are some XML Schema validation files, that C# XmlReaderSettings.Schema.Add() expects to be in that folder).
When the installer...
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It just defaults to the system32 folder if the path supplied tried System64Folder....
It turns out that the C# XmlReaderSettings.Schema.Add() will work with a fully qualified path under the \windows directory.
windows\system32.
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I've developed an IFilter - a library that is to be deployed into Windows\System32. One possible strategy for reporting errors occuring inside it is writing them to a log file. Where should I put that log file so that I don't have problems with permissions...
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And for COM objects, you.
Don't deploy stuff into System32, the Operating System owns that area.
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On OS from win 2000 or later (any language) can I assume that this path will always exists? For example I know that on win xp in some languages the "Program Files" directory have a different name. So is it true for the System32 folder?
Thanks. Ohad.
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The %windir% or %systemroot% environment variables to get you to the windows folder and append system32 the GetWindowsDirectory Win32 API to get the current Windows directory, append System32 to it an then checkIt might be....
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Hi,
I am running Windows XP with IE6 and doing some web stuff but for some reason, when I submit a page, I am getting a HTTP 400 Bad Request
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
When...
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Resources are binary objects embedded in Win32 executable files (EXE and DLL .
Is a Windows resource.
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My apologies for this long post. I would like to describe the mess I'm in then ask some questions about how to fix it:
Starting up my Windows XP SP1 machine I got the following message:
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or ...
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If someone knows that how to repair corrupted c:\windows\system32 just came up as....
But as u have mentioned folder in documents & settings .
From c:\windows\repair to c:\windows\system32\config then my system started..
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Hi
I had a server pc with the following error.
\windows\system32\config\system is corrupt or missing
As to fix it i replaced the files instructed here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545 . Problem solved and I was able to boot up to windows desktop...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
If you proceed without the repair option....
Sfc /scannow-desktop from another machine?
If you have a Windows install disc handy, you may try to repair this.
I think the normal thing to do at such times is run the Windows System File Checker .
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I have a Windows 7 (32-bit) box with 2 users, both admins (my wife and I are both developers). My admin account was created during Windows setup, hers was created later. Both accounts are in the same groups, yet we have VERY different permissions. In ...
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Have you tried creating a third admin....
It is possible that as the folder was created under your user, only your user has permission over it instead of the administrators group .
Take a look on the folder permissions and double check that she has control .
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