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

Hi to fix "ping" please follow below steps

Go to Properties in My computer

Advanced system settings ----->Advanced -----> Environment Variables Select 'PATH' from the list of system variables and edit and set PATH to c:\windows\system32 ; this will solve your problem.

-----> if still u have a problem, do the below steps...

Control Panel --> System and security --> Windows Firewall --> Advanced settings --> Inbound rules --> New rule --> custom rule

in Protocol and ports: Protocol: ICMPv4 on the same panel go to customize, choose "Specific ICMP types", check the box "echo request"

The rest is trivial; go to next... next... and save it.

You should be done. This box responds ping from this point on.

Cheers

Prasad