Cannot start msconfig withi autoit

[Richard Robertson]

There's gotta be a way to restart into safe mode without that program though. I'm currently researching it.

[GEOSoft]

While Richard is searching, and I hope he finds it, if this is Win 7 64 bit; what happens when you click the start button and type msconfig in the search field? Does it find the file? If yes; right-click on it and select "Open File Location" to be sure of where it is. Probably system32 folder (@SystemDir on 32 bit). Since that is in the Windows path you don't have to enter the path anyway. Now to the part that may be messing you up; I seem to recall that you need Admin privileges to use MSConfig so you may have to use RunAs().

This code works for me every time but then again I have Admin privileges as the only user.

$sTitle = "System Configuration"
ShellExecute("msconfig", -2)
WinWaitActive($sTitle)
ControlClick($sTitle, "", "[CLASSNN:Button5]", "primary");;  Check the "Safe Boot" box
ControlClick($sTitle, "", "[CLASSNN:Button8]", "primary");; Button6 for Minimal, Button7 for Alternate Shell, Button8 for AD Repair, Button9 for Network
Sleep(10000);; give it time to display for testing only
;ControlClick($sTitle, "", "[CLASSNN:Button32]", "primary");; You might need to click "Apply" here
ControlClick($sTitle, "", "[CLASSNN:Button31]", "primary");; Change to Button30 for "OK"

[SmOke_N]

There's gotta be a way to restart into safe mode without that program though. I'm currently researching it.

My reply really has nothing to do with "safe mode". I was merely addressing the "Run" issue.

[Richard Robertson]

My reply really has nothing to do with "safe mode". I was merely addressing the "Run" issue.

Yes I understand that. My reply was directed toward the "why is this not trivial" part more than your alternate Run solution.

[iamtheky]

On WinXp this script will set the parameter in the boot.ini so the next time you reboot it goes directly to safe mode. However, in safe mode you must uncheck from the msconfig GUI, or you will constantly boot into safe mode.

Maybe the same behavior will persist in 7

$BootWrite = fileopen ("c:\boot.ini" , 1)

FileWrite ($BootWrite , " /safeboot:network")

FileClose ($BootWrite)

exit

Edited January 18, 2011 by iamtheky

[Richard Robertson]

No. Windows Vista and newer do not use boot.ini anymore.

[iamtheky]

yeah, my bad. some bcdedit action, then?

bcdedit /set safeboot minimal

[Richard Robertson]

I never thought of that. It's still indirect but as long as you run it as admin it should work.

[gramirez]

MaxuN posted this

to try this:

DllCall("kernel32.dll", "int", "Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection", "int", 1)

so I did and it worked finally thanks to MaxuN

my code was:

DllCall("kernel32.dll", "int", "Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection", "int", 1)

ShellExecute(@WindowsDir & "System32msconfig.exe")

[JLogan3o13]

Did you see that this post is 3 years old, and the OP has not been active since the thread was started?? Please don't necro old posts; the language has grown a lot since 2011. If you have a question, please post a new thread, and describe in detail what you are trying to do.