Remote desktop works but mstsc.exe magically not found

Question

I am an absolute beginner with React. My employer got a project that we are supposed to build. The project includes an android and ios apps (will be built using Xamarin native by my colleague). The project also has a web portal. I am told to learn React and build web portal. I will just get the API end-points, and I am told to consume the APIs. I am told to build a separate project in the existing solution.

Can anyone suggest me or guide me how the React web portal will fit into the whole scenario? How can I include React in the project?

I apologize for the newbie stupid question.

Thanks.

Solution

You mentioned you are on Windows XP, 64-bit (which was considered a bit buggy IIRC). There is a chance that mstsc.exe is a 32-bit executable (and that Microsoft did not provide a 64-bit version at that time), in which case it will sit in SysWOW64, which contains the 32-bit executables and libraries normally found in System32 in 32-bit installations. In 64-bit installations, System32 only contains 64-bit executables and libraries.

Basically, try %SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\mstsc.exe. Though it is odd you can run it through other commands.

You may wish to try checking through the command prompt. Try dir /a "%SystemRoot%\System32\mstsc.exe", which will list one file if it exists and say File Not Found if not.

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Just in case the 64-bit version used to be there and is now missing, you can try restoring it. The first thing you should try is running the command sfc /scannow (in the command prompt), which may restore the file if you are lucky.

Alternatively, you could try copying from another computer. If you do copy mstsc.exe from another machine, it must be running the same Windows version and service pack as the current one, and must also be 64-bit.

All available updates should be applied. Another thing you can try is copying from the original installation CD, though that may be lacking required service packs and updates.

Comments

[tvdo]

He said he's running Windows XP, 64-bit - so anything introduced in Vista and later (notably UAC and file and folder virtualisation) probably does not apply. And you are correct in saying that copying the binary from a different version of Windows will not work - there is at least one linked library, IIRC. Even if all linked libraries are copied, a different version may not be compatible with XP 64-bit.

[Geoff Duke]

Oh, sorry. Missed the OS bit, so my suggestion is way off the mark. Thanks, Bob.

[stone rock]

@Tajveer if you have any other questions please ask I will add it to my answer.

[Tajveer Singh Nijjar]

thanks for replying. I have gone through some React tutorials. Following those tutorials i made a react app using facebook's "create react app" commands. I believe that the project made by using "create-react-app" command is a node project (i m new to node ecosystem too). My question is that how i can add react (and redux) to my web pages (keeping in mind that backend of my project is going to be in ASP.NET MVC 5 built by a collegue)? thanks