dfrg.msc missing

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Post November 5th, 2004, 12:43 pm

its ok, thanks for that, I formatted my computer ages ago as I had some other problems too and now I have the dfrg file.
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Post November 5th, 2004, 12:43 pm

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Post June 30th, 2005, 6:52 pm

This is an old thread but perfectly applies to my case..... i am in the same situation and have gone through all the above steps. I have the dfrg.msc file in my system32 folder and it's associated with MMC.

FYI the error message I get is:

MMC cannot open the file c:\windows\system32\dfrg.msc.

This may be because the file does not exist [it does], is not an MMC console [it's associated w/ MMC], or was created by a later version of MMC [possible since I've recently reinstalled XP as well as performed a failed System Restore!]. This may also be because you do not have sufficient access rights to the file [I'm logged in as administrator].

Do I need to update MMC? If so, how?
Might it be a missing registry key?
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Post September 3rd, 2007, 3:14 am

Hey absoluten I had the same problem, I did a repair install and when I tried to use Windows defrager after I got the same message as you. I found a fix! go here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907265 and scroll down a bit over half way and download and run WindowsXP-KB907265-x86-ENU.exe package. Its the latest version of mmc (mmc 3.0)and I'm almost certain it will fix the problem your having. please post back if it does.
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Post November 22nd, 2007, 7:01 am

hey guys,
I recently had the same problem with defragmentation so I tried to google it out and 1st hit with "dfrg.msc download" was this topic in this forum :)
so I followed instructions and nothing worked until I tried last suggestion from post above, and guess what, it worked :)
so I felt need to register on this forum just to say thanks to mnmurphy. so thank you mnmurphy :)
greetings from Belgrade, Serbia...
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Post August 17th, 2008, 2:24 am

Crest,

I've just also encountered this problem. Like Mr. G above I followed your advice and thanks to you my system seems to be fine...again!

Thanks mate. I know this site is for Webmasters, but you guys don't half offer some good advice.

Thanks

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Post October 4th, 2008, 8:26 am

THANK YOU VERY GOOD BIG CONTRIBUTION ME BENDIT SOLVE THE PROBLEM NOW ALL THIS MACHINE AS BEFORE MY THANKS VERY STRONGLY
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Post November 12th, 2008, 7:33 pm

Google took me to this great site. I just joined and plan to visit frequently. I encountered the same problem when trying to run defrag. I'm also getting a Norton error message that is telling me to run serivices.msc. When I do I get a Cannot open C:/WINDOWS/System32/Services.msc. Prior to running into these problems I encountered difficulties running MS Money. I'd click on the icon to run it. It didn't appear to open, I'd click on the icon again and I got the message saying it was already running. I uninstalled and re-installed and still have the problem.

I downloaded the patch crest talks about hoping it would fix my problems. After running it I got a message saying the serivce pack is newer than the update I'm applying. There is no need to install. Any recommendations??
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Post January 1st, 2009, 6:06 am

I'll join the list there to - I have XP Pro and it seems since I installed SP 3 - I can't defrag through the My Computer/Drive/Properies /Tools option - also I'm (administrator) getting "access Denied" on thing like the Disk Manager etc.

Please let us know if anyone hears of anything.
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Post January 22nd, 2009, 9:19 pm

Thank you to Crest. A year and a half later you are still helping people with that info about WindowsXP-KP907265. I would not have found that on the MS website if not for your posting. I downloaded the fix and it works. Thanks again, this site is certainly the gift that keeps on giving :mrgreen:
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Post June 10th, 2009, 1:35 pm

thank you very much crest..your post is still helping people..i m lucky to be one of them..god bless you..
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Post October 30th, 2009, 8:56 pm

I Register in this forum, Specialy to say many many thanks to CREST..even till now ur post still helpful..hope other people that have problem with dlfrg.msc can find this link....God Bless U
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Post November 18th, 2009, 11:24 pm

Solution

Re-register the defragmenter software components.
Method 1

* Click on Start, Run, and enter regsvr32 dfrgsnap.dll.
* Click on Start, Run, and enter regsvr32 dfrgui.dll.

If this doesn't resolve the problem, try Method 2.
Method 2

* Click on Start, Run, and enter %windir%\inf. This should open a folder named Inf.
* Locate the file named dfrg.inf (it might be listed as just dfrg.)
* Right-click this file and click Install.

If you get any error while registering the dlls

download dlls from the attachment


and then register
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Post November 19th, 2009, 9:38 pm

Lemme know if it helps u
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Post November 19th, 2009, 10:34 pm

The issue is resolved or not ?
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Post November 24th, 2009, 11:11 pm

Method 1
Click on Start, Run, and enter regsvr32 dfrgsnap.dll.
Click on Start, Run, and enter regsvr32 dfrgui.dll.
If this doesn't resolve the problem, try Method 2.

Method 2
Click on Start, Run, and enter %windir%\inf. This should open a folder named Inf.
Locate the file named dfrg.inf (it might be listed as just dfrg.)
Right-click this file and click Install.
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