Lost Commands from Cmd.exe

[Guest]

I have lost many commands from Cmd.exe in XP Home. Really bizzare, can use
cd, copy, md...but when I use tftp, ping, tree, I get an error message like,
'tftp' is not recognized as an internal or external command.

Any ideas on this problem, or maybe how to reconstitute the cmd.exe
application?

I know I was able to use the tree function earlier, so will try a system
restore to a week or so back. Thanks.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "nickelflipper" <[email protected]>

| I have lost many commands from Cmd.exe in XP Home. Really bizzare, can use
| cd, copy, md...but when I use tftp, ping, tree, I get an error message like,
| 'tftp' is not recognized as an internal or external command.
|
| Any ideas on this problem, or maybe how to reconstitute the cmd.exe
| application?
|
| I know I was able to use the tree function earlier, so will try a system
| restore to a week or so back. Thanks.

cd, copy, md are INTERNAL commands to the CMD.EXE command interpreter.

tftp, ping, tree, etc., are external commands and need to be in the PATH and if they are not
listed in the PATH then they won't be found and you will get an error.

 

[Guest]

" tftp, ping, tree, etc., are external commands and need to be in the PATH
and if they are not
listed in the PATH then they won't be found and you will get an error."

Yes, that was it, found in \windows\win32. Thanks!!!!