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I just encountered a weird problem with my customer.I'm asking her to run IPCONFIG and she's getting "invalid DOS command" msg.Her OS is winxp.We also tried to run the command PING and we even typed in the command EXIT to get out of DOS and still getting the same msg.
Check the PATH.
we even tried to get out of the directory.We only had C:/ipconfig
Type the command path. What does that tell you?
It should at the very least contain c:\windows and c:\windows\system32.
Another way to check/change it is:
Richt click on "My Computer"
Choose Properties.
Advanced tab.
Button at the bottom "Environment variables"
Bottomhalf "Systemvariables".
"Path" should be in that list.
If it's not there add it and put at least "C:\windows;c:\windows\system32" in there.
Now close any open command prompts and open a new one.
The path should now be set.
If you can't use the "exit" command, it may be something other
than just a path problem. "Exit" is built into the command
processor, and should always be available.
Maybe cmd.exe is corrupted. You could try restoring it from the
original cab file or from backup.
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