Try pressing the Windows key and hit R.

Message Edited by osprey4 on 04-03-2005 08:38 PM

Bless you Osprey4 for your most thoughtful quick response. I followed your advise but these is no run button in the customized section of the task bar any further ideas. Bless you or anyone who might help me with this problem...

See if this helps you, it's Number 57, the one on the right "Restore Run Command" this site is used and virus free, I use it daily for years. Click on "Restore Run Command" Save, Locate where you saved it and double click on it, answer the pop up prompt. Good Luck! Mick

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Right click on a blank space on the taskbar. Click Properties. Cilck the Start menu tab/ Customize button/ Advanced Tab. Scroll down and check Run Command.

Dear Eddj:

 

Love your little cartoon How do you do that? I have already tried those same instructions you sent, run is checked but does not appear after Search in the start menu...any more bright ideas. Like your cartoon.  God Bless.

Thanks so much for your help but this to did not bring up "run" on my start menu. It's a mystery to me and becoming very exhausting. Bless you to for taking time to help a newbie. Hopefully Dell techies will have some answers this time around.:

volcano

From the Start button, right-click and select File Finder... Then type in CMD.EXE. When it finds it in C:\windows\system32, open it from there and you'll get the cmd box, but this won't get you msconfig!  To open msconfig use the same instructions as above (Start button, right-click and select File Finder... Then type in MSCONFIG.EXE). Open the one in C:\windows\ Software distribution........... And msconfig should open.

Volcano:

I'm beginning to suspect something nepharious. Have you got all your virus definitions up to date? Checked for spyware and trojans?

Did the Windows-R thing work?

Dear Chuket:

 

Thank you for your reply but when right clk on start no file finder appears?  Any other suggestions?