mongod command not recognized when trying to connect to a mongodb server

Question

I am following the tutorials at docs.mongodb.org, I have completed the first tutorial which was to install mongodb on a windows machine. I am now at the second stage which is ge

Answer 1

Are you sure that you have specified the correct paths?

You need to be in the right directory, i.e.

C:\Program Files\MongoDB\bin

and the path you are installing into needs to be the correct one

i.e.

mongod --dbpath 
C:\Users\Name\Documents\myWebsites\nodetest1

A folder named "data" must also exist in your project folder.

I got the same error and this worked for me.