Commands Not Working in XP

[harbir]

Hello Guys!
I have Issue with my windows XP profesional.
I am trying to run commands, like IPCONFIG and PING on the DOS command line, but the are not working, Before they were working fine, I do not what happened, and why are they not recognized now.
Any suggestions and help will be appreciated.
Thanx
Harbir

[morganlefay]

Go to windows/system32 directory and run from there.
If the command exe exists there, it should work.

Your path may be mucked up

Any new software?

MLF

[harbir]

Thanx Morganlefay

"Ping" and "Ipconfig" commands are working well from c:\windows\system32.
I guess i have loaded couple of softwares for my work, that may have messed the path.
Please one for information I would like to ask you, how do i set the Path now.
Thank You very Much.
I appreciate it.
Harbir

[©opy®ight]

Displays the name of or changes the current directory.

CHDIR [/D] [drive:][path]
CHDIR [..]
CD [/D] [drive:][path]
CD [..]

.. Specifies that you want to change to the parent directory.

Type CD drive: to display the current directory in the specified drive.
Type CD without parameters to display the current drive and directory.

Use the /D switch to change current drive in addition to changing current
directory for a drive.

If Command Extensions are enabled CHDIR changes as follows:

The current directory string is converted to use the same case as
the on disk names. So CD C:\TEMP would actually set the current
directory to C:\Temp if that is the case on disk.

CHDIR command does not treat spaces as delimiters, so it is possible to
CD into a subdirectory name that contains a space without surrounding
the name with quotes. For example:

cd \winnt\profiles\username\programs\start menu

is the same as:

cd "\winnt\profiles\username\programs\start menu"

which is what you would have to type if extensions were disabled.

[harbir]

RThanx once again Morganlefay
I have sorted out the path.
I appreciate ur help
Harbir

[morganlefay]

Right-click on My Computer and select Properties.

Select Advanced and
then Environment Variables.

High-light the Path variable in the System
variables list and select Edit.

Make sure
c:\windows\system32

is in the path...or add it

careful

......

MLF

[ZT3000]

Nice and efficient troubleshooting MLF!