Windows CMD.exe “The system cannot find the path specified.”

Question

Solved by restoring Windows to previous state

The message (The system cannot find the path specified.) shows...

1) When i open new CMD (Win+R => cmd). It

Answer 1

The problem is that some program has been set to autorun when you run cmd.exe. In my case it was ANSICON that was installed... and then I moved the file without properly uninstalling.

I found a solution in this blog post:

http://carol-nichols.com/2011/03/17/the-system-cannot-find-the-path-specified/

The short version is to find

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\AutoRun

and clear the value.