Dos commands not working

[Mark]

I have several XP workstations that are not processing dos
commands. Only dir and cd are currently working. The
autoexec.nt and config.nt are fine. Checked command.com
file, wow*.* files and NTVDM.exe and they match my own
files in size and date. Has anyone come across this?

 

[Paras Wadehra]

Can you please specify exactly which command are you trying to run that is
giving you the problem?

 

[Guest]

Edit, del, ipconfig, list, net use, type, dir, only SET
and CD work.

 

[Chris Holden]

I have several XP workstations that are not processing dos
commands. Only dir and cd are currently working. The
autoexec.nt and config.nt are fine. Checked command.com
file, wow*.* files and NTVDM.exe and they match my own
files in size and date. Has anyone come across this?

Is the path set correctly?
Chris

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

I have several XP workstations that are not processing dos
commands. Only dir and cd are currently working. The
autoexec.nt and config.nt are fine. Checked command.com
file, wow*.* files and NTVDM.exe and they match my own
files in size and date. Has anyone come across this?

Hi

Take a look here (most likely the Reg_Expand_Sz vs. Reg_Sz type setting in
registry caused by a rough 3rd party install):

http://home.comcast.net/~stewartb/cmdprompt.html#6

 

[mark]

I had seen comspec set when I was at a command prompt,
which I had noted initially. When I was checking
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Environment for the path entry I noticed ComSpec
was missing there. I went back into the system properties
and added ComSpec=%systemroot%\system32\cmd.exe. Dos
commands then worked. Thanks for the input!