cmd.exe

[Dennis]

Go to "System Properties" -> "Advanced" -> "Environment
Variables". Check if you see C:\Windows\System32\ in Path
(System variables). If not, edit the variable Path and add
%SystemRoot%\system32 (or just C:\Windows\system32\). This
must do it.

Succes

>-----Original Message-----
>When I open a command screen with Start,Run,cmd.exe a
>command screen opens, with the path C:\My documents\.
>When I enter a command here like 'Ping' the system
returns
>the message that the command is not valid.
>I can only execute the command after first changing the
>directory to C:\Windows\system32\.
>In windows 95 or 98 this was never a problem and I could
>execute the command no matter what directory it showed.
>How can this be estblished in XP?
>.
>