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

This is a very common question seen on Stackoverflow. The important part here is not the command displayed in the error, but what the actual error tells you instead. a Quick breakdown on why this error is received. cmd.exe Being a terminal window relies on input and system Environment variables, in order to perform what you … Read more

How do I create a Batch file to change an exe installer to Win XP SP3 compatibility mode and launch installer

This is all I could get to. I also was trying to call this batch file from the source batch file. Don’t ask my why I’m using the CD. That doesn’t work but basically I’m trying to set the compatiblity mode for all EXE’s in that directory. I am copying the files locally because I … Read more

Rainbow Matrix CMD

I want to run the Matrix.bat CMD with a different color on each line to make a rainbow effect. Here is the Matrix.bat I have tried experimenting myself but have not succeeded with my low level experience. Here is where I got with my experimentation. When I tried this it changed the whole command prompts … Read more

Create an empty file on the commandline in windows (like the linux touch command)

On a windows machine I get this error ‘touch’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. I was following these instructions which seem to be linux specific, but on a standard windows commandline it does not work like this: Is there a windows equivalent of the ‘touch’ command from the … Read more

How can I open a cmd window in a specific location?

Try out this “PowerToy” from Microsoft: Open Command Window Here This PowerToy adds an “Open Command Window Here” context menu option on file system folders, giving you a quick way to open a command window (cmd.exe) pointing at the selected folder. EDIT : This software will not work on any version of Windows apart from Windows XP.

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

This is a very common question seen on Stackoverflow. The important part here is not the command displayed in the error, but what the actual error tells you instead. a Quick breakdown on why this error is received. cmd.exe Being a terminal window relies on input and system Environment variables, in order to perform what you … Read more