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dear sir , RUN command is not working on my computer . i am using windows xp. can anybody please help?

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Short summary tied to the thread: described the Run box opening but any program launched from it (registry editor / system configuration) appears for a second and then disappears; saw Control Panel hang; other replies touched on possible fixes. Below are practical diagnostics and next steps that add to those earlier suggestions and help isolate whether this is caused by a bad user profile, a third‑party shell/service, disk/registry corruption, or malware.

Try these in order (back up important files first):

  1. Safe Mode test — reboot, press F8, choose Safe Mode. If the tools work in Safe Mode, the problem is almost always a non‑Microsoft service, driver or shell extension that runs in normal mode.

  2. Test a fresh admin account — from an elevated command prompt create a temp admin and log into it to see if the problem is profile‑specific:

net user TempAdmin YourStrongPass! /add
net localgroup administrators TempAdmin /add
  1. Disk check — from an elevated prompt run a filesystem check and reboot:
chkdsk C: /f
  1. Event log + deeper checks — launch Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) and look for Application/System errors at the crash times; note any “faulting module” names. If a third‑party DLL shows up, disable that component (use Autoruns or ShellExView from Safe Mode to turn off non‑Microsoft shell extensions). If malware/rootkit is suspected, run a bootable rescue scanner from USB (vendor rescue ISOs) and restore from a clean System Restore point before attempting repair/repair‑install. Document timestamps and recent installs — those details make further diagnosis much easier.

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Member Avatar for mikeandike22

is it just missing on the start menu because you could just open up your task manager and say new task

Member Avatar for vignesh1

dear mike, actually i am able to open the RUN COMMAND dialog box but when i type something in the dialog box such as regedit or msconfig, regedit or msconfig box appears for just 1 second and then i cannot view the details of regedit or msconfig.kindly help.

Member Avatar for smartgilli

i do experience with the same problem,
hav u found the answer for ur problem..?

Member Avatar for jbennet

Has your administrator disabled it?

Member Avatar for hungry_for_info

I think you need to try this------>SFC /SCANNOW. The main reason for using this utility is when you suspect there may be a problem with a Windows XP system file.
Perhaps you get a dialog box appear informing you of a problem with a .DLL, or your program will just not load! It is therefore worth checking to see if there are any corrupt system files using scannow sfc.
To do this simply go to the Run box on the Start Menu and type in:
sfc /scannow
This command will immediately initiate the Windows File Protection service to scan all protected files and verify their integrity, replacing any files with which it finds a problem.

Member Avatar for jbennet

he cant if his run box isnt working ;)

Member Avatar for hungry_for_info

your right, i wasnt thinking....lol . the other thing he could try is to insert the xp disk and reinstall windows from the desk top but install as a upgrade. this can also fix the corrupt files.

Member Avatar for sajeeveim

when I try to open control panel the system is hanging, then I tried to open the run 'control' comman and the result same system is hanging

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