[Win 2008] Command Prompt Message Errors

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Question :
Opening a command prompt in Windows 7 and running any command results in error messages such as the ones below (in this case a dir command):

01/28/2010  09:06 AM    The system cannot find message text for message number 0x2373 in the message file for Application.
                                       Windows
      The system cannot find message text for message number 0x2378 in the message file for Application.
      The system cannot find message text for message number 0x2379 in the message file for Application.

For other commands it references "System" rather than "Application" in the error message.  I've seen other posts online describing the same behavior linked to the copies of Win7 distributed at the Gartner Symposium in October as part of the general availability announcement (this is where I got my copy). 

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

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Answer :

Hi,

You're getting those messages because you're running the CMD.exe from a folder different than what's defined in the %COMSPEC% environment variable.

If you want to open a command prompt to a specific folder you can right-click and pick "Open Command Window Here" (built into Vista and 7). It's extra slick because if you do it on a network share Windows will automatically map a drive letter to it for you. Right-click on the folder C:\windows\system32 on your machine while holding down the shift key. You'll see an extra context-sensitive menu item there: Open Command Prompt here. Just click on this menu and a command window will open with the current working directory set to the folder's actual location.

Another option is to make a new CMD shortcut.

Make a new shortcut, enter %COMSPEC% as the Target, and give it a name you'd like. Once it's created, edit the shortcut and change the "Start in" path to where you'd like the command prompt to open to.