Uhhh, I fucked up cmd

[DarkFlare69]

Whenever I open a command window and type a totally logical command, like

make

or

ipconfig /all

it says it's the command is not recognized. Im on windows 7 32 bit.

 

[DarkFlare69]

Bump. Someone please help me :/

 

[cdoty]

Sounds like you may have screwed up your PATH variable.

It should contain these:
C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem

And maybe(?) this
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0

ipconfig is located in C:\Windows\system32

make is not part of windows, you need cygwin, MinGW, or something like that installed.

 

[RandomUser]

It may be a long shot and have not have that happened to me, yet. I am thinking you might be missing some path in the environment variables.
1. Right click on "Computer" then Click on properties.
2. On the left side, click on "Advance system settings"
3. Click on Environment Variables.
4. Under system variables there are some paths for the system. The ones that stands out to me are as follows:
Variable Name………………Variable Value
ComSpec………………………%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe
PSModulePath………………%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\
PATHEXT………………………….COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
Most likely not needed, but can't hurt to check and see if it is there.
They're a lot more in the environment variable, however I think these are the ones that could be the problems, perhaps it got modified or deleted? I dunno, as I didn't experience this problem problem with cmd before.
The ellipses is not to be included in any of the variables .

 

[DarkFlare69]

It may be a long shot and have not have that happened to me, yet. I am thinking you might be missing some path in the environment variables.
1. Right click on "Computer" then Click on properties.
2. On the left side, click on "Advance system settings"
3. Click on Environment Variables.
4. Under system variables there are some paths for the system. The ones that stands out to me are as follows:
Variable Name………………Variable Value
ComSpec………………………%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe
PSModulePath………………%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\
PATHEXT………………………….COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
Most likely not needed, but can't hurt to check and see if it is there.
They're a lot more in the environment variable, however I think these are the ones that could be the problems, perhaps it got modified or deleted? I dunno, as I didn't experience this problem problem with cmd before.
The ellipses is not to be included in any of the variables .

My hard drive does not contain a C:\System32 folder. It contains a C:\Windows\System32 folder. Is that what u were supposed to say?

 

[yusuo]

Yeah it should be in your system32 folder which is located inside the windows folder, as for make, I wasn't even aware make was part of windows i've only ever used it with linux as part of the build-essentials package

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heres a copy of my ipconfig

and heres a pic of where its found

 

[RandomUser]

My hard drive does not contain a C:\System32 folder. It contains a C:\Windows\System32 folder. Is that what u were supposed to say?

No, as you see in my post is still correct, however is basically the same as C:\Windows\System32. Open Windows explorer, not Internet explorer, and in the address bar type in "%systemroot%\system32" without a quote and it will take you directly to the system32 folder in Windows directory. The "%" is like a shortcut and generally used for current running OS, so if somehow you have more then one OS on one hard drive, the "%" will direct you to the active Windows\system32 folder.

 

[DarkFlare69]

No, as you see in my post is still correct, however is basically the same as C:\Windows\System32. Open Windows explorer, not Internet explorer, and in the address bar type in "%systemroot%\system32" without a quote and it will take you directly to the system32 folder in Windows directory. The "%" is like a shortcut and generally used for current running OS, so if somehow you have more then one OS on one hard drive, the "%" will direct you to the active Windows\system32 folder.

Okay, done. Yeah it directed me to my Windows/System32 folder. And all my stuff is just like you said it should be in your post :/

 

[DarkFlare69]

Yeah it should be in your system32 folder which is located inside the windows folder, as for make, I wasn't even aware make was part of windows i've only ever used it with linux as part of the build-essentials package

https://www.mediafire.com/?tvjao23y55a6555

heres a copy of my ipconfig

and heres a pic of where its found

Mine looks like that, too. Except my file sizes are slightly different. So yeah, I have those 3 files but it still doesnt work. And I want all my commands back not just certain ones

 

[RandomUser]

-Snip-

It may not work, if he is using a different version of the operating system

Okay, done. Yeah it directed me to my Windows/System32 folder. And all my stuff is just like you said it should be in your post :/

Okay, that is good to know, like I said its a long shot and couldn't hurt to try. I really do not know what is going on in short of actually missing an ipconfig.exe file. If you are, then you can extract another one from your Windows installer disk if you have one. But you will need a WIM driver/software to open the WIM file.
Another shot in the dark is perhaps your registry entry is messed up? Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment and the type would be REG_EXPAND_EZ with the name "Path" should be "%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\". It may have additional entries, like mine has "C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common" as the editional entry but I wouldn't worry too much about those. If yours matches then I would be stumped as I have not experience what you're experiancing now.

 

[DarkFlare69]

It may not work, if he is using a different version of the operating system

Okay, that is good to know, like I said its a long shot and couldn't hurt to try. I really do not know what is going on in short of actually missing an ipconfig.exe file. If you are, then you can extract another one from your Windows installer disk if you have one. But you will need a WIM driver/software to open the WIM file.
Another shot in the dark is perhaps your registry entry is messed up? Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment and the type would be REG_EXPAND_EZ with the name "Path" should be "%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\". It may have additional entries, like mine has "C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common" as the editional entry but I wouldn't worry too much about those. If yours matches then I would be stumped as I have not experience what you're experiancing now.

Yeah it matches .-.

Fuck it, I'm getting a new computer soon anyway.

 

[WigWrm]

In command prompt type

set path=c:\windows\system32

You'll have to do it every time you open the cmd prompt : ( I had this happen to me on a work computer. Was a pain in the butt.

All you should need to do is add C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 or %SystemRoot%\system32 to your path system variable. I gots all kinds of directories in mine. Get into the environment variables panel, scroll to PATH and add the system32 directory. Every entry has a ";" to separate it from the others.

PATH variable example contents...

C:\Program Files\Broadcom\Broadcom 802.11 Network Adapter;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\SimplePass\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2014a\runtime\win64;C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2014a\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\;c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Ser

 

[RandomUser]

Yeah it matches .-.

Fuck it, I'm getting a new computer soon anyway.

That will for sure fix your problem. After you get a new computer, if you have that Windows installer disk for your existing computer, you could try re-installing windows. Kinda like doing an in place upgrade, but in reality you're not. Perhaps that could fix the problem?

 

[DarkFlare69]

That will for sure fix your problem. After you get a new computer, if you have that Windows installer disk for your existing computer, you could try re-installing windows. Kinda like doing an in place upgrade, but in reality you're not. Perhaps that could fix the problem?

I'm just gonna buy windows 7 again

 

[RandomUser]

I'm just gonna buy windows 7 again

If I understood you correctly, you're going to buy another Windows 7 CD? Why not use your existing one?
In case I wasn't clear, as I re-read my own post, it wasn't clear to me, What I meant to say use the Windows installer disk on your existing PC, to repair Windows with it. Hope that clears it up LOL.

 

[DarkFlare69]

If I understood you correctly, you're going to buy another Windows 7 CD? Why not use your existing one?
In case I wasn't clear, as I re-read my own post, it wasn't clear to me, What I meant to say use the Windows installer disk on your existing PC, to repair Windows with it. Hope that clears it up LOL.

Oh that makes sense now. I don't know where the disc is though lol.

 

[pastaconsumer]

Oh that makes sense now. I don't know where the disc is though lol.

DO WHAT YOU WANT 'CUZ A PIRATE IS FREE, YOU ARE A PIRATE!
You can find Windows 7 Service Pack 1 from Microsoft's website.

 

[RandomUser]

Oh that makes sense now. I don't know where the disc is though lol.

You can always download the iso. If you have a license to use it, then it really not pirating, as sometimes Microsoft does have downloads to the iso files. Can't remember which OS they have downloads for though.

 

[DarkFlare69]

You can always download the iso. If you have a license to use it, then it really not pirating, as sometimes Microsoft does have downloads to the iso files. Can't remember which OS they have downloads for though.

Okay, I might do that.

And just a question about piracy... if the cops never get on peoples asses about piracy, why do they even try to enforce it? Everyone I know has downloaded at least 1 illegal rom off of the Internet...

 

[jonthedit]

This whole convo is making me facepalm so hard.

Considering you ar-

You know what.
Nevermind.

Just listen to the other guys; they will help.
Don't do anything irrational like buying a new PC over a failed attempt at configuring a 3DSDev environment;
You can always just reload as a last resort: as they are suggesting.