Dos Commands not working from cmd Prompt

I have a problem running DOS commands when opening a cmd window. I open the
window and try to execute a command such as 'ping' and receive the following
error;

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

However, if i type the full path c:\windows\system32\ping i can get the
program to run

Please let me know fast the solution

Open a cmd window and type the word path and hit enter.
It should show you one or more paths to various folders, separated by
semicolons. One of those paths should be c:\windows\system32.

If that path is not there, you should be able to google for info on
how to add it to your path or let us know and someone should be able
to help you add it in a way that it will be persistent even after
rebooting. I can't remember the details right now.

-Paul Randall

"Tarun" <> wrote in message
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>I have a problem running DOS commands when opening a cmd window. I
>open the
> window and try to execute a command such as 'ping' and receive the
> following
> error;
>
> 'ping' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable
> program or batch file.
>
> However, if i type the full path c:\windows\system32\ping i can get
> the
> program to run
>
> Please let me know fast the solution

Do like Paul says, and open a CMD window and type PATH to see what th
current environment variables are

If they are missing, or pointing to the wrong places, you can chang
them as follows

- Right-click on Computer and select Properties
- Click on "Advanced System Settings". You will needs to respond to
UAC prompt
- Click on "Environment Variables"
- Double-click on PATH, and check that you have the following path
entered (Without the quotes) : "_%SystemRoot%\system32_"
_\"%SystemRoot%_" and _\"%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem_
- Click OK for all dialogs
- Reboot the compute
- Try the PING command again in a CMD window. If it still does no
work, then the file may have been deleted. Run an Admin-level CM
window, and type "SFC /scannow" (without quotes) to try an fix th
problem.*Warning:* If you improperly change the PATH variable, you could alte
the behaviour of more than just Windows itself. Use caution, and alway
make a note of what the original value was before making any changes, i
case you ned to get back

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OK, I'm a little dense
In system properties, I go to the 'advanced' TAB.
I click 'environmental variables'.
PATH is incorrect, so I click 'edit'.
I then type in all the stuff you show in quotes, without the quotes.
my question is ...does all that go in PATH with the commas?

"dzomlija" wrote:

>
> Do like Paul says, and open a CMD window and type PATH to see what the
> current environment variables are.
>
> If they are missing, or pointing to the wrong places, you can change
> them as follows:
>
> - Right-click on Computer and select Properties.
> - Click on "Advanced System Settings". You will needs to respond to a
> UAC prompt.
> - Click on "Environment Variables".
> - Double-click on PATH, and check that you have the following paths
> entered (Without the quotes) : "_%SystemRoot%\system32_",
> _\"%SystemRoot%_" and _\"%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem_"
> - Click OK for all dialogs.
> - Reboot the computer
> - Try the PING command again in a CMD window. If it still does not
> work, then the file may have been deleted. Run an Admin-level CMD
> window, and type "SFC /scannow" (without quotes) to try an fix the
> problem.*Warning:* If you improperly change the PATH variable, you could alter
> the behaviour of more than just Windows itself. Use caution, and always
> make a note of what the original value was before making any changes, in
> case you ned to get back.
>
>
> --
> dzomlija
>
> ____________________________________
> Peter Alexander Dzomlija
> Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? -And as
> you die, so shall I be Reborn-...
>
> - ASUS A8N32-SLI-Deluxe
> - AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4800+
> - 4GB DDR400
> - 128MB ASUS nVidia 6600 PCI-Express
> - Thermaltake Tai-Chi Watercooled Chassis
> - 1207GB Total Formatted Storage
> - Vista Ultimate x64
> - CodeGear Delphi 2007See my rig at:
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>
> My Weblog:
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>

Each entry in PATH must be separated by semicolons, like this:
"%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\S ystem32\Wbem"


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Thank you

"dzomlija" wrote:

>
> Each entry in PATH must be separated by semicolons, like this:
> "%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\S ystem32\Wbem"
>
>
> --
> dzomlija
>
> ____________________________________
> Peter Alexander Dzomlija
> Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? -And as
> you die, so shall I be Reborn-...
>
> - ASUS A8N32-SLI-Deluxe
> - AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4800+
> - 4GB DDR400
> - 128MB ASUS nVidia 6600 PCI-Express
> - Thermaltake Tai-Chi Watercooled Chassis
> - 1207GB Total Formatted Storage
> - Vista Ultimate x64
> - CodeGear Delphi 2007See my rig at:
> http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/e...zomlija/Venus/
>
> My Weblog:
> 'http://dzomlija.spaces.live.com/' (http://dzomlija.spaces.live.com/)
>

well, i hv tried all d above mentioned possible ways to rectify thi
problem;;i hv gone through th admin-level cmd also bt dat is sayin' n
error to my system ;;even then i m unable to run attrib & ping;;
PLZ Help....
Thanx...

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> well, i hv tried all d above mentioned possible ways to rectify this
> problem;;i hv gone through th admin-level cmd also bt dat is sayin' no
> error to my system ;;even then i m unable to run attrib & ping;;
> PLZ Help....
> Thanx....

What happens when you activate this admin account that always has full admin
rights?

<http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-account-on-windows-vista/>

Sorry but cannot read shorthand

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> well, i hv tried all d above mentioned possible ways to rectify this
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> error to my system ;;even then i m unable to run attrib & ping;;
> PLZ Help....
> Thanx....
>
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> error to my system ;;even then i m unable to run attrib & ping;;
> PLZ Help....
> Thanx....
>
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Right, let's se if we can help here.


- Click "Start"
- Right-click on "Computer", then select "Properties"
- In the left pane, click "Advanced system settings" (You'll need to
respond to a UAC prompt)
- In the "Advanced" tab, click "Environment Variables"
- Under "System variables", find the "Path" entry, and then make sure
that "%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\S ystem32\Wbem"
is there (without quotes). If you're not sure, copy and paste the
entire "path" value into a new post here so we can see what is there.

If you don't want to go the above route, then try this:


- Open a "CMD" window as you normally would. Make a note of which
folder is current in the command window.
- type "set >vars.txt" (without quotes) and press <ENTER>
- Close the CMD window
- Open Explorer, and go to the folder you noted earlier in step 1
- Attach the VARS.TXT file to a reply post here so we can see what
your environment variables look like.

In either case, the idea is to see what you have for PATH, and from
there help you to make whatever corrections you require (if any).


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