DOS shell commands won't work

[telluoff]

commands like dir and cd work,
commands like ping and sort don't work.

I found an old thread referencing the problem and tried them all.
No luck fixing the problem.

Pathing is correct.

Lost.

 

[LMiller7]

What is the exact path variable?
What is the exact error message (if any) that you get?

 

[telluoff]

What is the exact path variable?
What is the exact error message (if any) that you get?

Thanks for your question.

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

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

 

[Ztruker]

You didn't answer the question, what is your PATH variable set to. Enter path from the Command Prompt to see.

Also, from the Command prompt, enter

reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options"

See if there is an entry for cmd.exe. If yes, use regedit to delete it.

 

[telluoff]

Sorry, I was unable to get back to this problem for a while.

I found the solution. I had extension paths in both the system and user variables. This confused the system to the point that it only used the user pathext variable. Once I combined all extension paths in the system variable pathext, it understood the requirements of the cmd.ext.

Thanks for all your help.

 

[telluoff]

Sorry, I was unable to get back to this problem for a while.

I found the solution. I had extension paths in both the system and user variables. This confused the system to the point that it only used the user pathext variable. Once I combined all extension paths in the system variable pathext, it understood the requirements of the cmd.ext and everything worked.

Thanks for all your help.