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bla5e
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by bla5e » Wed Jun 09, 2004 12:03 pm
Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.
C:\DOCUME~1\KEVIN>netstat
'NETSTAT' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\DOCUME~1\KEVIN>help
'HELP' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
wtf? how my my command prompt isnt working.. not even HELP works?
(start - run - command)
redmonkey
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by redmonkey » Wed Jun 09, 2004 12:18 pm
Is your PATH environment variable set up correctly? Do you actually have the netstat executable on your system?
bla5e
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by bla5e » Wed Jun 09, 2004 12:25 pm
C:\DOCUME~1\KEVIN>cd c:\
C:\>help
'HELP' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
feyd
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by feyd » Wed Jun 09, 2004 12:27 pm
it's interesting that you're showing shortnames, instead of expanded ones.. hmmm
bla5e
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by bla5e » Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:44 pm
ya ok that not the problem though =D
feyd
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by feyd » Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:46 pm
it may be part of it though.
bla5e
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by bla5e » Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:52 pm
feyd wrote: it may be part of it though.
umm its def not
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Kevin>help
'help' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\Documents and Settings\Kevin>
markl999
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by markl999 » Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:55 pm
cd to c:\windows\system32 and try running 'help'
If that works then your PATH is borked as redmonkey suggested.
bla5e
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by bla5e » Wed Jun 09, 2004 10:37 pm
markl999 wrote: cd to c:\windows\system32 and try running 'help'
If that works then your PATH is borked as redmonkey suggested.
thanks that worked - now how to i fix my path?
markl999
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by markl999 » Wed Jun 09, 2004 10:49 pm
Google is good at this sort of thing, it turned up
this for one