ping is not recognized as an internal or external command

[OBAMA]

Hello , I cannot the Use the dos command in my windows xp installed computer , the problem is that i cannot execute this command in the dos prompt , i get this error message

ping is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file


Can you tell me Why I Cannot Run ping Command in Windows Xp , Thanks in advance for your Help

[Dr. V]

Click "Start" then "Run." Type "cmd" and press enter. In the window of the command prompt, type "net view". The list of all computers on your network will appear. Tell me if this command and recognized by your OS

[Humberto]

If you said that your system32 is in the path of your environment and the you have to right click on the my computer then property, after that advanced tab, Select 'Enviornment Variables' ,Select 'PATH' from the list of system variables and edit and set PATH to c:\windows\system32 , this will solve your problem

[Devasis]

This error may occur due to messed computer path.To resolve the problem:

1. Open a Command Prompt and type: Set <hit Enter>.
   
2. You should see included: Path C:\WINDOWS\system32.
   
3. To correct the path, on your system go to Start>right-click My Computer>click Properties.
   
4. Click the Advance tab.
   
5. Click the Environment Variables button, and select the Path variable listed under System Variables.
   
6. When editing it should include: %SystemRoot%\system32.
   
7. Which translates to something like: C:\WINDOWS\system32.
   
8. Each entry included in the path must be separated by a semicolon.
   
9. Try executing the Ping/Telnet command now from the command prompt.
   
10. The same will also work for Telnet and other commands.

[dpascotto]

The very same happened to me, but Path variable was correct (i.e. $SystemRoot%\System32 was included in path).
Probably everything started from copying the path variable into 'path_old' and creating a new one...