CMD Commands not working unless run as admin.

mazooni · Mar 17, 2014

Hi my Command Prompt commands do not work unless I run command prompt as admin. This is what it shows when I run the "net user" command and the "ipconfig" command. No commands work unless run as admin. They use to work not sure what made them stop working I haven't installed any software recently or done anything that could have effected it. Is there any way to just rest cmd to default?

Thanks

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Gaming God · Mar 17, 2014

In Folder Options/View uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”

Open C:\autoexec.bat with Notepad
Add this new line
PATH=C:\winnt;c:\winnt\system32;c:\windows;c:\windows\command
Save the file and reboot
It should work then

mazooni · Mar 18, 2014

How do I open C:\autoexec.bat with notepad, is it a system file? Where do I add the new line?

Gaming God · Mar 18, 2014

in note pad type "START C:\autoexec.bat" (the things inside the quotes with out the quotes)

save it as anything.bat

add the line given after the contents inside it.

mazooni · Mar 18, 2014

I tried it like this
"START
C:\autoexec.bat
PATH=C:\winnt;c:\winnt\system32;c:\windows;c:\windows\command" without quotes. Something ran then closed than cmd opened but still didn't work.

Gaming God · Mar 19, 2014

{}{}{} ALTERNATIVE GIVE AT THE END

try these one by one
1. Try to run sfc /scannow to check system files: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

2.THE BEST ONE. THIS SHOULD SOLE YOUR PROBLEM
*right click the My Computer icon then choose properties. Select the Advanced tab and then click Environment Variables.
{}{}{}{}*At the system variables panel, choose Path then click the Edit button.
*****NOTE: I would recommend copying this value and pasting it on Notepad first before editing. Save the old value as a text file so you will have a backup of the original value.
*Edit the variable value. It is a long string separated by semicolons. Make sure the executable file’s location is one of the entries on this string. If it is not, enter the location of the executable file.

[C:\Windows\System32\; ] AFTER THE SEMI COLON the executable file’s location

Click OK after editing the value. Reboot the computer to enable the new value. After rebooting, try executing the command again and verify that it fixed your problem. If it doesn’t, double check the value of the path variable again. It could be a bad syntax with the semicolons or a wrong value is entered.

{}{}{} Instead of editing the system variable create a new user variable(top section) named "Path" and the value "C:\Windows\System32\;" without the quotes of course

mazooni · Mar 19, 2014

I have already seen this link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833
and tried everything on it including the sfc /scannow command. It always says that there is a corrupt file but it is unable to fix it. I have also tried the environmental variables - path. None of them worked.

Gaming God · Mar 19, 2014

mazooni :

that's all I can help. at least all commands work in elevated rights.
you can force CMD to run with admin rights always

1.Open the Registry Editor. (Run -> regedit)

2.Navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers

3.Right-click the pane on the right -> New -> String Value.
Enter n:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe as the NAME of the String Value.
(where n:\ is your Windows drive letter)

4.Double-click your newly made String Value and rename to RUNASADMIN as Data Value.

mazooni · Mar 19, 2014

Thanks for all the help. At least now it will be easier to run it as admin whenever I need. One more thing, whenever I set the path in environmental variables I click ok or apply whichever I am prompted and whenever I restart my pc it automatically changes back to C:\Program Files. maybe if there was a way to keep it from automatically changing back that might work?

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