Problem with the CMD Prompt in XP!


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Hey Everyone, I was hoping that you guys could help me out with a problem I've been having for the past few weeks.

For some reason whenever I enter the command prompt in windows xp pro, via run>cmd and type in a program such as telnet or winipcfg(from 2k pack), etc. or any other program, the following message appears:

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

This error message only occurs when I type in the program in a directory where the program isn't located, ie typing in Telnet under C:\.

Does anyone have a solution for me :) Or is this suppose to happen in xp? Perhaps I activated some feature I shouldn't have :huh: Any help would be appreciated :)

Thanks,

Evolution

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What's your Path set to? At the very least, you should have "C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem" assuming your Windows directory is C:\Windows. You can see your Path variable by opening a command prompt (ironic, huh?) and typing "echo %path%" or typing "set" and looking for the Path value.

--ps

:ninja:

Seems to me like your path has been deleted. try setting your path from within a dos command promt first. if it works, it will work until you reboot. you may have to create a batch file to run everytime u reboot to retype your path. i'm not sure what you did to delete it, but you must have done something.

to set the path just type 'set path=' followed by your path. for example:

set path=C:\windows

if you want to set multiple paths, seperate them by a semi-colon. For example:

set path=C:\windows;C:\windows\system32;C:\windows\command

Hope this helps ya.

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