Weird Command Prompt issue in XP Home

Butters · 21 Aug 2007 at 11:34

My rents have XP Home and simple commands at the command prompt keep returning the error.

I go START> RUN > CMD and at the promp I type anything like:-

Ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and I get:

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

Do CHKDSK and I get

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

The same for XCOPY, etc, etc

Whats wrong and how do I solve it.

Thanks

.walls · 21 Aug 2007 at 12:15

Code:

path

see if the output includes c:\windows;c:\windows\system32

Butters · 21 Aug 2007 at 12:38

=walls= said:
Code:

path

see if the output includes c:\windows;c:\windows\system32

Oh yeah, forgot about that!

If I type path I get this:=

Code:

Path=]

Uh Oh

Edit: Eh? But if I go to the Env Variabls in My Computer I get this:-

Code:

%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32;%SYSTEMROOT%;%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\WBEM;C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WSG32\

There are also two Environment variables for the same profile. One is Temp the other is TMP. Is this normal?

.walls · 21 Aug 2007 at 12:47

Butters said:
Uh Oh

yip - path is borked.

Code:

path=C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows\system32\wbem

You might find that some apps need to be reinstalled - Symantec products, for example, add lines to the path.

Butters said:
There are also two Environment variables for the same profile. One is Temp the other is TMP. Is this normal?

Perfectly normal.