Windows Batch error: “'ping' is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file.”

Question

I am trying to run this command in windows:

ping -n 5 127.0.0.1 > nul

I get the error:

\'ping\' is not recognized as an          


        

Answer 1

You have overridden the PATH environment variable, so the command processor can no longer find the ping executable.

The fix is nice and simple - just use a different variable name!

:: set path
SET MyPath=M:\\5.bmp

:findfile
IF EXIST %MyPath% (

Please note that if you genuinely wanted to set the path environment variable, you should append to it like so:

REM Set temporarily for this session
SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\Some\Folder

REM Set permanently (but note - this change will not be made to this session)
SETX PATH=%PATH%;C:\Some\Folder