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Net, bcdedit commands won't work

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Last response: September 19, 2011 11:14 PM in Windows 7

synor

September 19, 2011 10:35:40 PM

Hi,

When I open the cmd prompt and just type "net" or "bcdedit", I get those errors

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
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C:\Users\Nicolas>net
'net' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Nicolas>bcdedit
'bcdedit' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Does anybody have a solution please?
Thank you !

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Jim_L9

September 19, 2011 10:50:09 PM

synor said:

What do you get for the Path+ if you type "set" at the cmd prompt without the quote characters.

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synor

September 19, 2011 10:55:05 PM

Path=C:\dev\tools\php-5.3.1;C:\dev\tools\MySQL Server 5.5\bin
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC

Oh... this is because I installed Apache on my computer to study how a server works..?

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sminlal

Windows 7 Authority

September 19, 2011 11:01:48 PM

Your PATH variable needs to include the C:\Windows\System32 and C:\Windows folders, that's probably why it's not finding those commands.

I have no idea why it got screwed up, but you can fix it by:

- Click Start, right-click "Computer", and select "Properties"

- Click the "Advanced System Settings" in the left pane

- Click the "Advanced" tab

- Click the "Environment Variables..." button near the bottom of the dialogue box

- Change the value of the PATH variable in the upper box if it exists there, or in the lower box if it doesn't. Be sure to separate each folder name with a ";" (semicolon) character.