What is the reason for the error message "System cannot find the path specified"?

cmd directory system32
Mi1anovic picture Mi1anovic · Nov 10, 2015 · Viewed 261.7k times · Source

I have folder run in folder system32. When I run cmd from within Total Commander opening a command prompt window with C:\Users\admin as current directory and want to go into that folder, the following error message is output:

System cannot find the path specified.

When I open cmd directly in folder run, it works perfect. Why?

The command prompt window on opening in C:\Windows\System32\run:

C:\Windows\System32\run>cd..

C:\Windows\System32>cd run

C:\Windows\System32\run>

The command prompt window on simply running cmd:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Všetky práva vyhradené.

C:\Users\admin>cd..

C:\Users>cd..

C:\>cd windows

C:\Windows>cd system32

C:\Windows\System32>cd run
Systém nemôže nájst’ zadanú cestu.

Answer

aishanib7 picture aishanib7 · Feb 8, 2020

The following worked for me:

  1. Open the Registry Editor (press windows key, type regedit and hit Enter) .
  2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\AutoRun and clear the values.
  3. Also check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\AutoRun.

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