VBcdedit v2.1 on a german Win7 32 bit

OSR_Community_User · January 6, 2011, 5:56am

Hi guys,

I have problems using the OSRONLINE vbcdedit tool on a german Windows 7 32 bit OS.
The exe does not start at all, even started with “run as administrator”

Any idea ?

Thanks.

OSR_Community_User · January 6, 2011, 9:15am

On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 05:55:44 -0500 (EST)
xxxxx@skynet.be wrote:

I have problems using the OSRONLINE vbcdedit tool on a german Windows
7 32 bit OS. The exe does not start at all, even started with “run as
administrator”

Any idea ?

You might want to try running Process Monitor
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645) and seeing
what, if anything, it shows for the .exe when you run it.

–
Bruce Cran

OSR_Community_User · January 6, 2011, 10:38am

Check to see if there is an instance already running in task manager. Also make sure that all the files that VCBEDIT requires are in the same directory as the executable.

–Mark Cariddi
OSR

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Subject: [ntdev] VBcdedit v2.1 on a german Win7 32 bit

Hi guys,

I have problems using the OSRONLINE vbcdedit tool on a german Windows 7 32 bit OS.
The exe does not start at all, even started with “run as administrator”

Any idea ?

Thanks.

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OSR_Community_User · January 6, 2011, 11:21am

Hi Bruce,

Thanks for the tip.

After starting vbcdedit.exe on the german system,it runs in background, takes 50% CPU time and shows no GUI.

From the PROCMON log:
It seems that vbcedit tries to open bcdedit.exe. First it looks for the file where the vbcedit.exe is started from (in my case the desktop), if not found it opens it from c:\windows\system32\bcedit.exe.

I copied the bcdedit.exe from an english Windows 7 to my desktop and ran vbcdedit again.

Then it runs but shows error messages like “unsupported boot indentifier” and “unsupported debug identifier”.

unsupported boot identifiers:

extendedinput
customactions

unsupported debug identifier:

Der

it seems vbcdedit cannot handle the non-english versions of BCDEDIT

Maybe someone of OSR can comment on this ?

OSR_Community_User · January 6, 2011, 11:31am

On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 11:20:56 -0500 (EST)
xxxxx@skynet.be wrote:

After starting vbcdedit.exe on the german system,it runs in
background, takes 50% CPU time and shows no GUI.

That happens on my Windows 7 x64 English installation too - though it
runs correctly when run as Administrator.

You might have better luck with EasyBCD from
http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 .