chilifrei64 Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 I cant really pinpoint exactaly when this happened, I have been putting up with it for a while now but it has started to become a pain. You know when you go to start->run->cmd then you are presented with c:\Documents and Settings\%username%...... under normal working conditions I would be able to just type in ipconfig and see my ip configuration or ping google.com and see my responses. but now if i want to use these commands i need to navigate to the folder (c:\windows\system32) then type in ping google.com otherwise i get the 'ping' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Does anybody know how to fix this. I have searched online but have not found any good results..... I am constantly doing troubleshooting with my laptop and i need quick access to the command prompt but i cannot keep going to the directory where the exe is located to do my work. (well i can I just dont want to ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegis Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Are you sure it's cmd.exe, not command.com? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyperHacker Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 do "echo %path%" and post what it says. If C:\Windows and C:\Windows\System32 (or whatever your Windows dir is) isn't in there, you have a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat57 Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 try system properties ,advanced and then Environment variablesthere is an entry for path %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;.....check if all the path are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Zugec Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Agree, it is problem with %windir%\system32 not included in path variable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Must4ng Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 I had the same symptoms on one of the boxen at work. Somehow, a couple of semi-colons were missing in the path, e.g. PATH=C:\WindowsC:\Windows\System32 vice PATH=C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32 The user swears they were'nt diddling around....since it was my CFO I didn't argue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilifrei64 Posted June 30, 2005 Author Share Posted June 30, 2005 Adding %SystemRoot%\system32 to the EV "PATH" did the trick.. thanks alot guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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