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Hi A&C Thompson! At 02:27 PM 6/8/01 -0700 you wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Stanislav Rabinovich" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Windows 98 Shut Down Problem
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>> Hi A&C Thompson! At 11:53 AM 6/7/01 -0700 you wrote:
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>> >Try cutting and pasting PSTORES.exe from \windows\system to your desktop.
>> >Then see if scandisk will
>> >run without interruption. Do not forget to return PSTORES.exe to
>> >windows\system afterwards!! hth
>> >
>> >Alan Thompson
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>> Desktop is a part of hard drive, too. It is a folder.
>> What the purpose is doing such a replacement ?
>> --
>> Stanislav Rabinovich
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>My best guess is that pstores.exe writes to the hard drive while running
>scandisk. By removing it
>to the desktop, the registry no longer knows where it is, and therefore, it
>does not run. It would
>be similar to removing a program exe, and then expecting any shortcuts to
>the program to open it -
>which they won't.
>
>Alan Thompson
Alan, your idea is cute.
Unfortunately, registry understand "c:\Windows\Desktop" too.
You can check it making the search for this entry.
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Stanislav Rabinovich
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