ping won't work

[Guest]

When i go to the start menu and select run the run box appears and i type
"ping" without the quotes. i get a message that says: "ping is not a valid
win32 application". What is wrong and how can i fix it?

 

[The One]

try typing cmd then ping.

 

[The One]

type cmd then in the black box that appears type ping.

 

[James Silverton]

Hello, The!
You wrote on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:33:28 GMT:

TO> type cmd then in the black box that appears type ping.
TO> ??>> try typing cmd then ping.
??>> "jnhcollison" <[email protected]>
??>> wrote in message
??>>> When i go to the start menu and select run the run box
??>>> appears and i type "ping" without the quotes. i get a
??>>> message that says: "ping is not a valid win32
application".
??>>> What is wrong and how can i fix it?
??>>
The various suggestions with CMD PING might well work but
perhaps someone would tell me why
ping
address
should not work for the OP. It certainly works for me in Windows
XP. If you just give ping by itself, a command window opens and
closes momentarily, of course.


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

 

[Guest]

i tried your suggestion and it says cmd is not a valid win32 application.

thanks for all your help!

 

[Val]

does the ping.exe file exist in your \windows\system32 folder?

when you open a command shell and execute the path command, is
\windows\system32 listed?

Val

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

See if the following files are present in your system:

ping.com
cmd.com
regedit.com

If the above files are present, *delete* them immediately, as they are
created by viruses. The legitimate Ping utilty is PING.EXE located at
C:\Windows\System32 folder.

*Follow-up with complete malware cleanup.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


i tried your suggestion and it says cmd is not a valid win32 application.

thanks for all your help!

 

[Guest]

Ramesh, thanks for your help! Everything works great!

See if the following files are present in your system:

ping.com
cmd.com
regedit.com

If the above files are present, *delete* them immediately, as they are
created by viruses. The legitimate Ping utilty is PING.EXE located at
C:\Windows\System32 folder.

*Follow-up with complete malware cleanup.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


i tried your suggestion and it says cmd is not a valid win32 application.

thanks for all your help!

type cmd then in the black box that appears type ping.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcome! BTW, don't forget to do a thorough malware checkup.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Ramesh, thanks for your help! Everything works great!