'jview' is not recognised as a command

[inman]

My OS is WinXP Prof with SP1. I use a java based tool called docsisdiag to query my cable modem. It is executed using a bat file the content of which is

jview /cp docsdiag.jar docsdiag -vv | more

pause

It was working fine until today. It needs Microsoft Java Virtual Machine and to my knowledge it is still there. But from today onwards, when I call this bat file, I get the following error.

'jview' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

I checked my system32 folder and jview.exe is still there. I tried uninstalling and re-installing MSJVM but no use. Then I tried copying jview.exe to docsisdiag folder and then call it from command prompt and it finally worked. But the problem is the "| more" argument is not working and since the output spans to about 10 pages, I cant read first few pages.

Similiarly I tried calling "java" instead of "jview" as Sun JRE is also installed. But both of them are not working.

Please help me. I wonder what is missing.

[hurting101]

Sounds like a problem with your path variable.

Start > Run > control sysdm.cpl,,3 > Environment Variables > Make sure %SystemRoot%\system32; is at the beginning of the Path variable, then make sure PATHEXT includes .EXE; in it.

[inman]

  hurting101 said:

Sounds like a problem with your path variable.

Start > Run > control sysdm.cpl,,3 > Environment Variables > Make sure %SystemRoot%\system32; is at the beginning of the Path variable, then make sure PATHEXT includes .EXE; in it.

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Surprisingly, everything in my system is just like you said. I wonder whats next.

[inman]

Fixed it finally. Like you said I corrected the environment variable from "%SystemRoot%\system32" to "%SystemRoot%\System32"

Thanks for the tip