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Error - cmd.exe Path Variable
Name: astroraptor Date: June 29, 2008 at 18:43:07 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro CPU/Ram: 1.8GHz/1024MB Product: IBM/NetVista
Comment:
Every time I go into the command-line, commands like "ping" do not work unless I navigate to C:\Windows\System32. If I echo %path% and then set Path to what was echoed, everything workds as it should somehow yet technically nothing was changed. Anyone?
Name: Dan Penny Date: June 29, 2008 at 19:54:30 Pacific
Reply:
Right click My Computer. Choose Advanced. At the bottom, click Environment Variables. Scroll down to PATH. Is C:\Windows\System32 included somewhere in that line?
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Response Number 2
Name: astroraptor Date: June 30, 2008 at 05:31:19 Pacific
Name: Razor2.3 Date: June 30, 2008 at 08:30:29 Pacific
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astroraptor:Path=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\; If, when you echo %PATH%, and it starts with PATH=, it shouldn't. Change that.
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Response Number 5
Name: astroraptor Date: June 30, 2008 at 09:23:37 Pacific
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It doesn't ...
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Response Number 6
Name: Razor2.3 Date: June 30, 2008 at 17:07:45 Pacific
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Have you tried just deleting the PATH registry keys, and rebuilding the settings from scratch?
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Response Number 7
Name: astroraptor Date: June 30, 2008 at 18:34:21 Pacific
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Hmm, weird. I copied the line. Deleted the variable. Started cmd.exe and exit right away. Went back, created a new Path variable and pasted what I had copied earlier. Click okay, all is well. :P Figure that one out.
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Response Number 8
Name: Dan Penny Date: June 30, 2008 at 19:22:10 Pacific
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Check the properties of your Command Prompt shortcut, or create a new shortcut with
Name: Razor2.3 Date: July 1, 2008 at 01:48:22 Pacific
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astroraptor: Figure that one out. My guess? Some invalid character found its way into the registry key, and it broke the variable. Why it didn't break the displaying of said variable, I know not.
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