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March 6, 2008 at 06:05 AM
craigjunkmail

How to start PC with command prompt without opening windows?

by craigjunkmail . Updated 18 years, 4 months ago

HELP.

I accidentally renamed a csrss.exe file in my windows/system32 folder & then shut down the computer. I need to get into a command prompt to rename the file BEFORE windows tries to open.

I hit F8 & try to open windows in safe mode with a command prompt, but then it immediately tries opening the drivers from the System32 folder and crashes before I get a chance to see a prompt.

I tried using last good config, but since windows shut down successfully with the renamed file, that won’t work either.

Does anyone know how I can get to the command prompt without involving windows? I’m an idiot that didn’t back up my hard drive, so I’d prefer solutions that wouldn’t erase my desktop/My Documents folder.

Thanks!

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