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Command prompt prolem
Name: gatecrasha Date: February 24, 2006 at 18:50:05 Pacific OS: XP Home CPU/Ram: 512
Comment:
Hello,
When I try to execute commands in command prompt, I get " "blah blah" is not recognized as and internal or external command operable program or batch file".
Name: Grusomhat Date: February 24, 2006 at 19:07:01 Pacific
Reply:
Type in cd %systemroot% where does this take you
Grusomhat
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Response Number 2
Name: gatecrasha Date: February 24, 2006 at 21:31:55 Pacific
Reply:
Hello,
C:\WINDOWS>
Hmmm,
Thx
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Response Number 3
Name: Grusomhat Date: February 24, 2006 at 22:06:17 Pacific
Reply:
Ok Type echo %path% and return with your results
Grusomhat
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Response Number 4
Name: gatecrasha Date: February 24, 2006 at 22:21:04 Pacific
Reply:
C:\program files\quicktime\qtsystem\
Thx :)
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Response Number 5
Name: Grusomhat Date: February 24, 2006 at 22:37:30 Pacific
Reply:
ok it seems to be a path problem. Right click on my computer and go to properties. Go to the advance tab and click on the advance tab. Go to enviroment variables and find path under system variables. Double click it and change the variable value to "%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%systemroot%\programfiles\quicktime\qtsystem"
Name: FJ Date: February 24, 2006 at 23:07:27 Pacific
Reply:
I don't know about gatecrasha, but it fixed mine.
What do you think changed the path like that?
On my machine, I could only get CMD.exe to work properly by clicking the .exe in the %system32% folder. None of the cmd windows that opened from the "run" slot or the "accessories" list would work.
They work now. Thanks!
Tomorrow the Stars!
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Response Number 7
Name: Grusomhat Date: February 24, 2006 at 23:18:44 Pacific
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My guess would be that quicktime has some commands available from the command prompt so it has tried adding that folder to the path variable. But it had deleted the other paths in the process. The usual path variable is just %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem but i added in the quicktime path to keep it usable. Allthough I'm no expert so That is just a guess. Glad I could help though FJ. Hopefully it helps gatecrasha.
Grusomhat
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Response Number 8
Name: gatecrasha Date: February 24, 2006 at 23:58:00 Pacific
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Grusom, You are a champion man! Worked like a Pro! You are an expert man!
I'll google and learn variables now that there is something els to learn about.
Yea, I'll just use the original path because I cant stand quicktime.
THX A MILL :D!!
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Response Number 9
Name: Grusomhat Date: February 25, 2006 at 00:30:38 Pacific
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Glad i could help. Theres allways some thing knew to learn.:)
Grusomhat
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Response Number 10
Name: gatecrasha Date: February 25, 2006 at 22:59:11 Pacific
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