User manual WINTERNALS ERD COMMANDER 2002

[. . . ] ERD Commander 2002 User's Guide Winternals Software LP 3101 Bee Caves Road, Suite 150 Austin, Texas 78746 (512) 330-9130 (512) 330-9131 Fax www. winternals. com Copyright © 2002 Winternals Software LP ERD Commander 2002 Table of Contents Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i 1 2 3 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Overview of Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ERD Commander 2002 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] ERD Commander 2002 will inform you when starting another application exceeds the limit. Figure 6-1 Winternals Software LP Page 15 ERD Commander 2002 7 System Information The ERD Commander 2002 System Information utility (see Figure 7-1) is accessed via the Administrative Tools folder of the Start menu. This utility reports an extensive amount of information about the system you are repairing, including the operating system version, service pack, hotfixes, registered owner and organization and more. It also displays the installation's computer name as well as the computer name (listed as the "Real computer name") that ERD Commander 2002 randomly assigns while it is running. The value of the System root, which represents the root folder of the installation, can be important for determining where key system files, such as service and driver files and Registry hives, reside. Figure 7-1 Winternals Software LP Page 16 ERD Commander 2002 8 File Explorer ERD Commander 2002 Explorer (see Figure 8-1), accessible from the Start menu, allows you to browse the system's volumes as well as the NetBIOS network neighborhood. The Explorer window has a treeview on the left and a listview on the right that displays the contents of the folder selected in the treeview. The My Computer and Network Neighborhood desktop shortcuts open instances of Explorer that select the associated folder. Figure 8-1 ERD Commander 2002 Explorer supports many of the operations supported by the Windows Explorer, including drag-and-drop, the up-directory button, in-place rename, new-folder creation, delete, and property viewing for most Winternals Software LP Page 17 ERD Commander 2002 items. It also allows those file shares exported by other systems on the network to be mapped to local drive letters. ERD Commander 2002 Explorer obtains icon information for file being repaired. If the Software hive is corrupt or missing Explorer displays only basic icons. Note that, unlike the default behavior of Windows Explorer, ERD Commander 2002 Explorer displays hidden folders and files (those with the hidden attribute set), displaying them with faded icons. Also unlike Windows Explorer, you cannot drag-and-drop items between different Explorer windows. The following sections describe the property dialogs associated with different items, as well as how to map network shares to local drive letters. Winternals Software LP Page 18 ERD Commander 2002 9 Volume Properties Selecting the Properties menu entry from a volume's context menu (accessible by right-clicking on a volume) or the Properties entry in the File menu launches a dialog (see Figure 9-1) that displays information about a volume, including statistics on total size and free space. See Chapter 11 for a description of the Reset Permissions button. Figure 9-1 Winternals Software LP Page 19 ERD Commander 2002 10 Folder Properties You can view detailed information (see Figure 10-1) about a folder by choosing the Properties menu entry from the folder's context menu or the Properties menu entry in the File menu when the folder selected. The Map Network Drive button enables when you select a folder that represents a network share, allowing you to map the share to a local drive letter. Editing a folder's name in the properties dialog and then applying the change renames the folder. Similarly, you can change the attributes of the folder in the Attributes area of the dialog, and use the Set Child Attributes to apply a set of attributes to all of the files and folders contained within the selected folder. Figure 10-1 Winternals Software LP Page 20 ERD Commander 2002 11 Resetting Permissions One cause for a system becoming unbootable is that permissions have been set on NTFS folders or directories that prevent the operating system itself from accessing files it requires for the boot process. The Reset Permissions button on a volume or folder Properties dialog changes the permissions on the volume folder, and optionally on child folders, to a security descriptor that gives the Everyone group (all users) full access. NOTE: Because resetting permissions makes folders and directories fully accessible to any user, opening potential security holes, you should lockdown the appropriate folders and directories after the system is booted normally. Winternals Software LP Page 21 ERD Commander 2002 12 Mapping Network Drives ERD Commander 2002 Explorer provides a Network Neighborhood folder for you to navigate to file shares. However, because only NetBIOS browsing is supported, in some cases it may be more convenient to access a file share through a mapped drive letter. To map file shares to a drive letter, use the Map Network Drive menu item in the Tools menu or the Map Network Drive button on a file share's properties dialog. This method allows mapping of shares even on networks without NetBIOS, where shares are not visible in Network Neighborhood. The Map Network Drives dialog (Figure 12-1) requires that you specify a free local drive letter, the path to the network file share that you want to map, and, optionally, username and password information that Explorer should use to connect to the share. \\system. mydomain. com), NetBIOS (\\System) or TCP/IP (\\192. 168. 3. 101) computer addresses. [. . . ] However, because the ERD Commander 2002 environment is different than that of Windows, many applications launched within it either behave incorrectly or fail to run. It should also be noted that different Windows installations provide different versions of many commands, so a particular External Command found on one system may work, while that found on another system may not. For these reasons Winternals Software does not warrant or support use of commands other than those found on your ERD Commander 2002 product CD. ERD Commander 2002 displays a dialog box warning you any time you launch an external command from the ERD Commander 2002 shell or an ERD Commander 2002 command prompt. [. . . ]