Full name required for executables.

[4Space]

I have a perculiar problem on one of my XP professional boxes: To run an
executable at the command prompt, I must specify the file extension also.
e.g.

C:\Documents and Settings\TheUser>windump
'windump' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Documents and Settings\TheUser>windump.exe
windump.exe: listening on \Device\NPF_{8A929D03-8358-48ED-A112-02A46F18EBF9}

0 packets received by filter
0 packets dropped by kernel

C:\Documents and Settings\TheUser>


I doubt that this is a setting I have knowingly tweaked, anyone know how to
rectify it?

Cheers,

4Space

 

[4Space]

Fixed the problem.

I'd installed TCL, and it has updated my user PATHEXT variable to =
$PATHEXT$;.tcl in an attempt to append the tcl additions to the system
PATHEXT variable. Either TCL is in error for doing this, or this style of
chaining environment variables should work but is broken in XP.

Cheers,

4Space

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have a perculiar problem on one of my XP professional boxes: To run an
executable at the command prompt, I must specify the file extension also.
e.g.

C:\Documents and Settings\TheUser>windump
'windump' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Documents and Settings\TheUser>windump.exe

Run regedit.exe and look in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\
Control\Session Manager\Environment

In the right pane there should be a line
PATHEXT
(If not there make it as a string value) and its contents should be
..COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH