Command Prompt Not recognizing commands.

[Dunkthedood]

Hi, I'm super sad because I use CMD a lot but its not recognizing regular commands. I have no idea what to do because im more familiar with Terminal on a Macintosh. Thanks.

 

[Kaktussoft]

Which commands aren't recognized? Give some examples please

 

[Dunkthedood]

Every Command

Every Command

 

[Kaktussoft]

Even DIR and EXIT don't work?
PATH does work?

 

[Dunkthedood]

Well

Well those work

 

[Kaktussoft]

Well those work

so not all of them don't work!!
Post output of PATH please

 

[Dunkthedood]

?

what does post output of path mean

 

[Kaktussoft]

These work?

attrib   *.*
c:\windows\system32\attrib  *.*

 

[Kaktussoft]

what does post output of path mean

If you do for example: xcopy source destination
It should xcopy from source to destination. But in which folder to find xcopy.exe ?
Windows searches for xcopy.exe (or .com or .bat) in "current folder". If not found then in folders described in PATH output. Post the output!

 

[Kaktussoft]

Even DIR and EXIT don't work?
PATH does work?

DIR, EXIT and PATH are examples of "internal" commands. They are built-in in cmd.exe (command prompt).

 

[Dunkthedood]

its c:/windows/system32

 

[Kaktussoft]

its c:/windows/system32

Post screenshot of PATH output

 

[Dunkthedood]

its C:/windows/system32

 

[Dunkthedood]

how do I screenshot?!

 

[Kaktussoft]

its C:/windows/system32

attrib *.* works?
xcopy /? works?

 

[Dunkthedood]

what do I say for xcopy and the attrib works

 

[Alejandro85]

Please give concrete examples of what are you trying to do and what you're getting.
Do you know what the commands suggested by Kaktussoft mean, at least?

 

[Layback Bear]

I'm no cmd prompt expert but lets try something with a tutorial that will guide you.
Let us know the out come.

By Brink:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

Then try this and let us know what happens.

Open the cmd prompt and type in the word help

 

[Kaktussoft]

what do I say for xcopy and the attrib works

I gave you some internal commands like DIR EXIT ... both do work.
I asked you if XCOPY and ATTRIB works. Both do work.

Why did you tell me all commands don't work??? Give me a few examples!
Give me the full output of PATH. Or is it just c:\windows\system32 and nothing else?

 

[andrew129260]

Dunkthedood, I mean no disrespect but it sounds to me like you do not know what you're doing with the commands you are trying to achieve. Also some commands require the cmd prompt to be elevated.

See here: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/783-elevated-command-prompt.html

More info:

Command Prompt - How to Use Basic Commands

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/commandlinereference/tp/dos-commands.html

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