A few years back I made a couple of console command line apps which at the time worked with no issues. I'd place them in the window/system32 directory and be able to use them from the console prompt from anywhere on my system(Windows XP at that time).
Now I'm using Windows 7 64bit and this no longer works. I've tried placing my little console apps in system32, syswow64, Windows on down to the root of my c: drive, but windows continues to give me the same reply "'check' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."
But! If I am within the same directory as the program it works as intended. I'm assuming there's either a 32bit/64bit app issue or OS internal security issue.
Can anyone point me in the right direction here? Do I need to create a directory in "Program Files(x86) and add that new directory to the PATH environment?
Additional Note: This is a program I created. It is not a batch file. The program does work as it should when you are in the same directory as the program while you are in a console window.
Best Answer
The easiest way, though, would be utilizing Windows's PATH environment variable. It ensures 100% the same functionality and doesn't involve you putting anything into the Windows directory. There's other questions directed at the same thing, the answers in this thread should put you up to that.