re: Why Do I Get "Bad Command or File name" message?
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Posted by C K
(6525 messages posted)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q221512/
If the above doesn't work, you may be missing the files to make scanreg work, or
you have some other problems. Make sure you have the correct boot disk and are changing
the directory to the proper directory on the C drive to find the files needed to
execute the command. The floppy is only to boot the machine to the DOS prompt, it
won't have the files and backup registry needed to complete the command. Those are
on your C drive.. If they are corrupted, you have bigger problems.
You can find a correct boot disk at www.bootdisk.com if you need one.
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re: Why Do I Get "Bad Command or File name" message?
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 4:39 am
Posted by Keith Stanier
(1248 messages posted)
Dell wrote:
|When I use Me Boot Disk after laptop crash per instructions I enter "scanreg /restore"
|from an ME boot floppy I always get "Bad Command or File name"
|Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
Yes the Autoexec.bat on the floppy isn't setting the Path to C:\Windows\Command you
can add this line to your Autoexec.bat file
Path=C:\Windows\Command
Or you could type in C:\Windows\Command\Scanreg /restore at the A:\ prompt.
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re: Why Do I Get "Bad Command or File name" message?
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Posted by Dell
(3 messages posted)
Keith Stanier:
Thanks. But I am still getting the same message except when I changed the path I
only got the A:\ prompt again.
~Dell P
On Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 4:39 am, Keith Stanier wrote:
>Dell wrote:
>|When I use Me Boot Disk after laptop crash per instructions I enter "scanreg /restore"
>|from an ME boot floppy I always get "Bad Command or File name"
>
>|Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
>
>Yes the Autoexec.bat on the floppy isn't setting the Path to C:\Windows\Command
you
>can add this line to your Autoexec.bat file
>
>Path=C:\Windows\Command
>
>Or you could type in C:\Windows\Command\Scanreg /restore at the A:\ prompt.
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re: Why Do I Get "Bad Command or File name" message?
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Posted by Dell
(3 messages posted)
Thanks to everyone for your kindhearted assistance. The problem was resolved!
The windows directory name had been changed. As soon as I discovered the correct
one all of your advice worked. God Bless!
--
~Dell
~Dell P
On Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 4:39 am, Keith Stanier wrote:
>Dell wrote:
>|When I use Me Boot Disk after laptop crash per instructions I enter "scanreg /restore"
>|from an ME boot floppy I always get "Bad Command or File name"
>
>|Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
>
>Yes the Autoexec.bat on the floppy isn't setting the Path to C:\Windows\Command
you
>can add this line to your Autoexec.bat file
>
>Path=C:\Windows\Command
>
>Or you could type in C:\Windows\Command\Scanreg /restore at the A:\ prompt.
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re: Why Do I Get "Bad Command or File name" message?
Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Posted by Keith Stanier
(1248 messages posted)
Dell wrote:
|Thanks to everyone for your kindhearted assistance. The problem was resolved!
|The windows directory name had been changed. As soon as I discovered the correct
|one all of your advice worked. God Bless!
Well if you tried C:\Windows\Command\Scanreg /restore at the A:\ prompt you
would still get the same error "Bad Command or Filename" if it can't find the file.
Now the Windows folder is something else then that explains it.
Glad we've sorted the problem Dell.
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re: Why Do I Get "Bad Command or File name" message?
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Posted by mali
(1 messages posted)
i trid that but now it say's invalid drive specification
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re: Why Do I Get "Bad Command or File name" message?
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 5:42 am
Posted by Keith Stanier
(1248 messages posted)
mali wrote:
|i trid that but now it say's invalid drive specification
Well as I've said it depends if the path is set.
As the A:\ prompt just type in cd c:\windows\command and enter, thats providing
windows in installed on C: drive. Then just type in scanreg you can forget the restore
bit that will be shown inside when its running. If you get an error incorrect filename
or command then scanreg.exe isn't in that folder where it should be.
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