What is the reason for the error message “System cannot find the path specified”?

There is not only 1 %SystemRoot%\System32 on Windows x64. There are 2 such directories. The real %SystemRoot%\System32 directory is for 64-bit applications. This directory contains a 64-bit cmd.exe. But there is also %SystemRoot%\SysWOW64 for 32-bit applications. This directory is used if a 32-bit application accesses %SystemRoot%\System32. It contains a 32-bit cmd.exe. 32-bit applications can access %SystemRoot%\System32 for 64-bit … Read more