Command Prompt - Path messed up

mjf · 16 Sep 2010

MilesAhead said:

I'd try with this:

GnuWin32 Packages

There should be setup info with each package.
I used to run some of the linux command ports. Many of the stand-alone exes will work from a regular command prompt but a lot of the scripting and other gizmos require running bash or another shell. You probably need to set up the bin folder in your path etc..

edit: ok I think I misread what mjf meant. He's saying even set up properly the linux stuff may not work in Vista or later... nevermind. :)

Not quite, If linux commands are important to the OP give MilesAhead's suggestions a go. For me personally they aren't that important in the Windows command shell.

WindowsStar · 17 Sep 2010

cosmic50 said:

I set it to the default which was given above. Here is the current path:

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShel l\v1.0\

Here is a screenshot of the command prompt:

And yes, I photo-shopped out my user directory for privacy reasons. The black area should be \myAccountUsername

In the command prompt window type: set <enter> and post it here.

The “pwd” and the “ls” are Unix commands and are not part of Windows 7. You may have installed an IX command package and that added the software’s folder to your path.

Have you installed some IX package? If so what is the path to that software?

cosmic50 · 18 Sep 2010

I never intentionally installed something to do that. the only thing I can think of is virtualbox, which I ran ubuntu out of.

MilesAhead · 18 Sep 2010

cosmic50 said:

I never intentionally installed something to do that. the only thing I can think of is virtualbox, which I ran ubuntu out of.

So you put Ubuntu in a VM, then later removed Ubuntu, the VM or both?