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Ariel Montes
Asked: 2021-12-12 10:57:57 +0800 CST 2021-12-12 10:57:57 +0800 CST

CMD does not recognize any commands in Windows 10

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As the title says when launching the command attribin the CMD to change the properties of a file the command is not recognized although in the past I used it without problems.

I was recently making changes to the system (not user) Path variable and some were removed, I think there might be a connection.

If I type attribin C:\Windows\System32\I get a list of all the dlls in the folder like so:

A                    C:\Windows\System32\xwtpdui.dll
A                    C:\Windows\System32\xwtpw32.dll
A                    C:\Windows\System32\X_80.contrast-black.png

But if I do it from C:\UsersI get:

"attrib" no es reconocido como un comando interno o externo,
 un programa ejecutable o un file batch.
cmd

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The commands that you try to execute in the terminal are searched in a series of folders configured in the environment variable called PATH.

    If you have modified that variable (or deleted it), then typical command line programs will not be found unless you specify the full path to them.

    You can check whether or not the folder is in your environment variable by C:\Windows\System32entering a terminal and executing the command PATH. If it isn't, that's where the problem comes from.

    You can restore that environment variable by running the "System Properties" command from the Start menu, and there on the "Environment Variables" button. Look for the variable called PATH among the system variables. If you can't find it, that's where the problem comes from. Create it and give it at least the following two values:

    %SystemRoot%\System32
%SystemRoot%
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