Adding Conponents

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jgdeloof

Am trying to a new components such as Recorder to my
usually stable XP home (SP1) system. I get an error
message "unable to open setupqry.inf". I get same error
when I insert my XP CD and go to "Add Components". How do
I get the setupqry.inf file to open?
John
 
Does that file exist? It's a _hiden_ file that normally lives in:

C:\WINDOWS\inf

I'm not an expert in this area so I'm not sure sure how you are meant to
repair/replace if it's been deleted or damaged. However...

On my computer there appears to be an exact copy of the same file in...

C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386

...so it looks like this is a file that gets updated sometimes when you do
Windows Update or perhaps just you install a service pack (eg SP1 upgrade)

Perhaps you could just copy it over again from the \i386 to \inf folders?

I think I would log in as administrator to do that and take usual
precautions (eg create a System Restore point before hand and make full
backup to CDR etc).

Colin
 
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