MMC.exe & *.msc files - not valid Win32 applications????

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Phillip Lee

I just reinstalled Windows XP Pro. yesterday and
everything was working great all day long. I re-installed
all my software, MS Office, Publisher, Producer, and
Visual Studio 6.0. I also installed service pack 1a for
Win XP. Everything worked fine right up until I
completely got all the profiles set up. Once I thought I
was completely finished I tried to go into the User
Accounts icon in the control panel and it would not open,
so I just tried to right click the My Computer icon and
click manage. When I clicked 'Manage' an error appeared
that said (null) is not a valid Win32 application. I
then tried clicking on the Computer Management icon under
the Administrative Tools icon in the Control Panel and it
said C:\WINDOWS\system32\compmgmt.msc is not a valid
Win32 appplication. Every msc file I try to open says it
is not a valid win32 application. I have exhausted myself
trying to find a fix for this online so I thought I would
post this to see if anyone else recognizes this and knows
a way to fix it. I really don't want to re-install XP
since this is the reason I re-installed in the first
place. Surely I am not the only person to ever have this
problem!!! PLEASE HELP!!!!
 
Roger,

Thx for your assistance. I did not even think to check
that, but it turns out that it was configured correctly so
I don't know where to go from here. There does not appear
to be any problems opening any other types of files at
this point. Any other suggestions??

Thanks for your help,

Phillip Lee
 
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