Windows 10: Can I run msg.exe on Windows 10 Home?

I copied msg.exe from Windows 7 machine to Windows 10 Home machine but it doesn't work. Gives me error "LoadString failed, Error 15105, ..." Can I run msg on Windows 10 Home? How?





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msg.exe file isn't in System32

I downloaded a copy of MSG.EXE found in a backup (AMD) directory on a Windows 10 system. This OS says MSG.EXE is a 16 bit program. That means it can only run on 32 bit hardware - not on 64 bit OSes.

MSG.EXE is not found in \Windows\system32 on Windows 7 64 bit and Windows 10 64 bit Operating Systems. From my search, nobody is addressing this problem. Many who have seen the problem do not realize that MSG is not on their system or are not discussing
differences between 32 bit and 64 bit Operating Systems.

In short, I need the MSG.EXE function I have the same question that others have - and is never answered. How do I restore MSG.EXE (for 64 bit OSes) or what other program does the MSG.EXE function?

 

msg.exe file isn't in System32

I am trying to run the command "msg" on cmd. More specifically "msg * MESSAGE". I got an error stating: "'msg' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." I did some searching, and figured out it was because msg.exe
was not in my System32 Folder. I am running Windows 10 64-bit, by the way. I searched the whole windows folder for msg.exe, and found the file under the directory of: C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-t..commandlinetoolsmqq_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.14393.0_none_569ddcdcc2b7c2e9

so i ran cmd again and I changed the directory to the one above, and ran the msg command again. I got a pop-up error saying that the msg file only works for 32-bit systems, and to contact my OS publisher to get the 64-bit version. Is there any way I can
be able to run the msg command? Is there a 64-bit msg.exe file I can download and put in System32?

 

msg.exe is not installed in Home, but it is in Pro (and above). Having both, I've copied Win10 Pro's msg.exe to a usb and tried to run from the usb in Win10 Home. Just typing msg with no parameters should have given the 'help' text, but instead I got....

On the Pro machine there was also a msg.exe.mui in C:\Windows\System32\en-US. Copying that to an en-US folder on the usb let me at least run msg.exe to get the help text. I haven't tested beyond the (not very useful) function of sending a message to myself, but you won't get any further without a .mui file, it appears.

An MUI file is an integral part of any app and it won't run without its associated .mui.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...(v=vs.85).aspx

 

Thanks for your help. I copied msg.exe.mui from a Windows 7 computer to C:\Windows\System32\en-US but that didn't help. Is there any way I can get this program to run on Windows 10 Home?

 

I've not used msg much before, and in my tests have only been able to send a message to myself on the same machine. However, there are some tips here...

How to Use the Msg Command in Windows

...and gives a registry fix that may help....

....or perhaps not - I still can's send a message from my 10 Pro PC to my Home one. Seems even on a company network with domain/terminal servers it's tricky to use, you may get some hints here...

https://social.technet.microsoft.com...w7itprogeneral