Why does "ipconfig"not work in my windows 8 elevated command prompt?

Im needing to find my ipv4 address to make a server because my old one was on windows 7 then i upgraded to windows 8, which i now regret because i cant find my computers ipv4 address when i type ipconfig in my elevated (Run as administrator) command prompt. it comes up with the usual error when it does not understand a command ipconfig is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Does anyone know why this is happening or is it just not available on windows 8? i'v seen people do it but that might just be them using a windows 8 skin.

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Antp

Posted 2014-10-27T01:06:20.500

Reputation: 895

3What you are observing is not normal nor a restriction of Windows 8. Works for me. You're running into something else other than a change in Windows version. – ziesemer – 2014-10-27T01:10:18.130

Crap, That's not the answer i wanted to hear, well if anyone knows why this is happening please post and answer. – Antp – 2014-10-27T01:11:37.990

1post an image of it. ipconfig works on all of windows editons. you don't even need to run it as administrator. – Haplo – 2014-10-27T01:11:58.730

Im at work at the moment, When i get home ill be sure to post a picture, let me see if i have a picture of it on my laptop. and yes i am aware that you don't need to run it as administrator. – Antp – 2014-10-27T01:13:21.893

@Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 His/her Problem was for windows 7 – Antp – 2014-10-30T03:58:48.700

It's the exact same problem and solution, the version of Windows doesn't matter in this case (the same problem/solution would have worked in Windows 2000, for example). – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2014-10-30T13:17:26.557

Answers

Your path variable is missing C:\WINDOWS\system32\

If you run C:\WINDOWS\system32\ipconfig.exe or %SystemRoot%\system32\ipconfigit should work as expected

You can edit PATH variable on Windows 8 like this

Drag the Mouse pointer to the Right bottom corner of the screen or press Win + C
Click on the Search icon and type: Control Panel
Click on -> Control Panel -> System -> Advanced system settings -> Advanced tab
Click on Environment Variables, under System Variables, find PATH, and click on it.
In the Edit windows, modify PATH by adding "%SystemRoot%\system32;" on the beggining of the line

rAlen

Posted 2014-10-27T01:06:20.500

Reputation: 1 910

i see, so is there no way i will be able to do it through the Command prompt, will i have to run the file every time i want to see my ipv4? – Antp – 2014-10-27T01:23:01.357

2if you add %SystemRoot%\system32\ to PATH as described above you can run ipconfig without path prefix, also you can still run the full path "C:\WINDOWS\system32\ipconfig.exe" from command line it works the same – rAlen – 2014-10-27T01:27:22.350

This issue will occur if the "PATH" environment variable did NOT include "C:\WINDOWS\system32" Any executable in that folder could only be run from a cmd prompt if the command included the entire path.

Solution for this is to add "C:\WINDOWS\system32;" to the start of my PATH environment variable, like this:

Log in with Administrator priviledges.
Right-click "My Computer" & select "Properties."
Click "Advanced" tab.
Click "Environment Variables" button.
In the "System variables" box, scroll down to "PATH" and highlight it.
Click the "Edit" button.
In the "Variable value:" box, add to the very beginning of the text "C:\WINDOWS\system32;" without my quotation marks.
Make sure you include the semicolon.
Click OK three times.
No reboot required. If this was your problem, then ipconfig should work right away.

vembutech

Posted 2014-10-27T01:06:20.500

Reputation: 5 693