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cmd commands won't work

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by nagelfar

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When I open cmd, and e.g. type PING or TRACERT it just returns a message saying:
"ping" wasn't recognized as an internal or external command, a program or a batch file...

I've set my firewall to allow all ICMP traffic, but it doesn't work..

Can someone please help me??
(my router is a zyxel prestige 2000)

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by akdaga

Your system has lost the setting for ping.
Here's how to fix it:
1. Right click 'My Computer', select 'Properties', click on the 'Advanced' tab
2. Select 'Enviornment Variables'
3. Select 'PATH' from the list of system variables and edit

set PATH to c:\windows\system32

by nagelfar

Thanks a lot akdaga it really did the trick :)

by lcristof

Thank you for your answer. I spend many hours looking for a solution.

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