I know Tom, but what I mean is perhaps it's being opened by the WRONG app or program, as in whatever was originally associated with it is no longer "being called".
Like I said, I clicked it every place I found it on my HD, that included the DLL cache and other folders. So if I deleted it from its original folder or protected folder, what would be restored would do the same thing, it still opens up the Help and Support Center. That's why I think something is wrong with the association. Instead of that MSinfo "System Information" being called, the Help and Support Center is being called to open. I'm not sure what you mean by "hash" and that long number after it. Thanks, -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Phillips" Clint, Msinfo is an executable file so it doesn't need anything to open it. Far as I know the program generates the Info report when executed. Maybe your copy of Msinfo is corrupted. If you delete it from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft\Msinfo a back up is restored automatically. My thought is that this will restore a good copy and it should work. Here is a MD5 hash of my copy of Msinfo.exe compare one generated on your version to this hash if after the restore you still have problems. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe 090D5891041E35E18C77F664581C0BD6 Hope this helps t0m Support-OrpheusComputing.com wrote: > Tom, regardless of where the file is located, it still opens > up > the Help and Support Center! The files are where they should > be, it looks like the file associations got screwed up some > how. The MSinfo file is not listed under "File types" so I > don't know how to change it, nor do I know to what it should > be > calling to open it. I can't right click any of the files and > "Open with....." so I can see other ways of opening it! I > even > tried the Shift key + right click and still don't have an > "Open > with....". > -Clint > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Phillips" > > Clint > The file is msinfo32.exe it is found at C:\Program > Files\Common > Files\Microsoft Shared\Msinfo a backup file is located at > C:\system32\dllcache try restoring from there if it is not > where it > should be. > Good luck > t0m > > Support-OrpheusComputing.com wrote: > >> I just clicked to open my "System information" area, and M$ >> "Help and Support Center" opens up!! This is....WAS under >> "Accessories", "System Tools", then "System Information". >> What >> the heck could have happened to it, and how now do I get to >> this area? I think the file was MSinfo32.exe, and when I >> manually click it, the Help and Support Center still opens >> up! >> I tried a command line of "systeminfo", "systeminfo /s >> Computer" and "systeminfo /s [my computername]" and that did >> nothing, it opened up a blank command "DOS" window for a few >> seconds then closed! >> >> I needed to get to that area to try and find out which >> version >> of M$ JavaScript I have installed. So does anyone know how >> to >> find this out? I believe JS is NOT part of XP SP2, but I >> think >> it's part of XP. My XP CD is now a "slipstreamed" CD since >> I >> integrated SP2 in it, so I have no idea if the default XP >> version is installed, or if SP2 deletes that. >> -Clint ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
