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re: System file checker Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 10:25 am Posted by ancien (61 messages posted) Millenium Edition has System File Protection, a feature that starts with Windows and runs as a background task until you shut down. Choose Start > Folder Options > View > Show hidden files and folders. Click OK. Look in the Windows\System\sfp folder for the text file sfpdb.sfp That will give you the list of the files being protected. In the same folder, the text file sfplog.txt will have a record of SFP actions. SFP protects the operating system but can cause application problems if the app has not been specifically designed to run under ME. After the app installs, SFP will delete .dll, .ocx, .vxd and .drv files the app needs to run and replace them with the versions it protects. Pgs 193-195 of Windows Me Annoyances shows how you can uninstall SFP, which also uninstalls System Restore and disables the Help shortcut in the Start menu. It's a one-way trip so do some research and be sure you understand editing the registry and the consequences of the choice. In brief, you run regedit and expand the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uininstall\PCHealth Double-click on the UninstallString value, copy the text to the clipboard, and click Cancel when done. Paste the string into Start > Run > Open and click OK. This runs a hidden uninstaller. Reboot for the changes to take effect. You can then delete the \_RESTORE\ folder which will give you back up to 12% of your available hard disk space. Since SFP will not be running, you should also see an increase in available system resources. The consequence is a step backward toward Windows 98, with more personal control but also the risk that you will sooner or later break ME and have to manually replace files. If that makes you uncomfortable, you should not disable SFP and System Restore. If you do it, back up everything before you begin, and think through what you will do if everything goes horribly wrong. On Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 11:00 pm, DanTheMan wrote: >Hello i got windows me and i wanna know if windows me has system file checker (SFC) >if it does can u tell me how to get it to run [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: System file checker Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 3:10 pm Posted by Keith Stanier (1655 messages posted) DanTheMan wrote: |Hello i got windows me and i wanna know if windows me has system file checker (SFC) |if it does can u tell me how to get it to run Yes Dan WinME has SFC just Start Run: SFC, System File Checker. Do you have the WinME CD? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: System file checker Monday, June 23, 2008 at 10:14 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33640 messages posted) No, Windows ME doesn't have System File Checker. If you need to extract a file, you can do that using MSCONFIG. What is it you need to do? Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: System file checker Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 4:52 am Posted by Keith Stanier (1655 messages posted) Ms. Eagle wrote: |No, Windows ME doesn't have System File Checker. That does supprise me. Win98 and WinXP have this so why not WinME? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: System file checker Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 9:26 am Posted by ancien (61 messages posted) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_File_Checker "In Windows Me, System File Checker was replaced with System File Protection (SFP). Similar to Windows File Protection, System File Protection offered real-time protection. The stand-alone SFC utility was removed and not available on Windows Me." http://support.microsoft.com/kb/274090 "There is no need for the Sfc.exe tool in Windows Me because SFP is always actively scanning the computer for file changes. Because of this activity, and because the files monitored by Sfc.exe and SFP are similar, the Sfc.exe tool is not necessary in Windows Me, nor does the option to run this tool exist." On Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 4:52 am, Keith Stanier wrote: >Ms. Eagle wrote: >|No, Windows ME doesn't have System File Checker. > >That does supprise me. Win98 and WinXP have this so why not WinME? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: System file checker Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 4:37 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33640 messages posted) You'll have to ask Microsoft, why ME doesn't have SFC. However, in WinME you can use MSCONFIG to extract individual files. But it's easy to repair ME, by doing a reinstall using the CAB files on the drive. Btw, one also has to wonder why Win2k doesn't come with a MSCONFIG, but you can get a copy of XP's and use it on ME. Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum