cmd promt lost ipconfig

[HighDarkTemplar]

Hi!

I tried using the ipconfig tool in the command line earlier today, and it just disappeared. It's still in the windows directory and working, but it's somehow been unregistered from the command line (I change to the C:\Windows\System32 directory to use it, which isen't convenient (sp?))....

Thanks!

-Nerevar

[jaclaz]

Try opening a command prompt and enter:

SET PATH

Does %PATH% contain C.\Windows\System32\ ?

Example:

SET PATH
Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Programmi\Suppor
t Tools\
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH

jaclaz

[HighDarkTemplar]

Well, here is what I get:

PATH=%systemroot%\system32;%systemroot%;%systemroot%\system32\wbem;C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Programfiler\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn;C:\CUDA\bin;C:Programfiler\AgPerfMon;C:\Programfiler\NVidia Corporation\Cg\bin;C:\Programfiler\NVidia Corporation\Gelato\bin;C:\Programfiler\NVidia Corporation\DDS Utilities

PATHEXT=.com;.exe;.bat;.cmd;.vbs;.vbe;.js;.jse;.wsf;.wsh;.psc1

What's even weirder is that the rest of them disappeared today :-/

Thanks!

-Nerevar

Edit: For thoose who don't guess it "Programfiler"="Program Files" in english.....

Edited December 8, 2008 by Nerevar

[jaclaz]

It strange, however.

If you have windows on C:\Windows, these two should be exactly the same:

C:\Windows\system32

%systemroot%\system32

maybe something has changed value to %systemroot%, try running in a console

SET SY

You should get:

systemdrive=C:

systemroot=C:\WINDOWS

jaclaz

[HighDarkTemplar]

And that is exactly what I get..... Thanks for your help so far. It's late here so I'll have to continue in, say a 16 hour time or so (after the exam tomorrow :-/ )

-Nerevar

[jaclaz]

Try getting a Win32 port of "WHICH", either a compiled one or a batch/vbs equivalent:

http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/

http://www.robvanderwoude.com/which.html

or since you appear to be using powershell:

http://blog.saadware.com/2008/07/10/powers...-which-command/

Try both (from any folder BUT C:\Windows\system32\)

WHICH IPCONFIG

and

WHICH IPCONFIG.EXE

jaclaz

[HighDarkTemplar]

Nothing :-( Could it have something to do with corrupt enviroment variables?

Thanks for sticking with me this long :-)

-Nerevar

EDIT:

Found the solution :-) Here is what I did:

Right-click on my computer-->advanced-->enviroment variables and find the "PATH" one. Replace all the %systemroot% etc with the actual path. It's a bit weird but at least it's working for now....

Edited December 9, 2008 by Nerevar

[jaclaz]

From what you report it seems like the value of systemroot is correct but %systemroot% does not expand to it's value VERY strange.

Try this:

SET SY

ECHO %systemroot%

Would it be possible that somehow the % sign for variable value has been changed to something else?

jaclaz

Edited December 10, 2008 by jaclaz

[HighDarkTemplar]

Seems like it, what I did works as a temporary fix though. I haven't found anything like it :-(

Thanks!

-Nerevar

[Tripredacus]

Is this XP here? I am wondering because you have PowerShell in your path var.