'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

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I got the following error while starting JBoss from a command line prompt today:

'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command

score 88 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 20 '12 at 13:08

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Please google it, you can find a lot of answers. But do as below to fix it. Add the following value to Right Click My Compuer -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> System Variables -> Select Path variable -> append the below value.

C:\WINDOWS\system32

It should work with that change.

answered Apr 20 '12 at 13:08

Phani

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Pretty funny how you said "Please google it" because now this is the #1 result for "findstr is not recognized". :-P – Stephen Wylie Jun 28 '13 at 02:04
Yes, but this is only a workaround. See my answer on how to fix the PATH variable. – Marki555 Sep 23 '14 at 09:00
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After you add the PATH variable, you may be required to restart your application for the settings to take effect. – javaauthority May 21 '15 at 13:48
@StephenWylie Thank you :) – Phani Oct 09 '15 at 14:32
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A neater way to specify the path is to use %systemroot%\system32 – autonomy Jan 09 '18 at 17:34
That happens because on Windows 10 the PATH doesn't have anymore reference to sys32 but Wildfly is using .bat to run on Windows – Raffaeu Jul 07 '18 at 18:10
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I checked my PATH variable and this is already in it, however I still see this error. – Michael Miner Oct 16 '19 at 19:52
Remember to close and open VS code after adding the variable... – MartinJH Aug 25 '20 at 14:23
C:\WINDOWS\system32 does not exist ! – Faraz salehi Feb 07 '22 at 07:02

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 23 '14 at 08:59

As others pointed, issue is in wrong settings of PATH variable in Windows. According to article this is most probably because some stupid installer wrongly modified PATH variable in Windows registry. Registry has 2 different string value types - REG_SZ and REG_EXPAND_SZ. Only the second one allows for expansion of %SystemRoot%.

So check your path by typing set path in command prompt. If you see unexpanded %SystemRoot% and other variables in Path, you are affected (PATH should show only plain directory names, not variables).

You need to edit Path variable in registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment. As it is not possible to change the type of key, save the path value somewhere, delete the key and re-create it with type REG_EXPAND_SZ. You need to logout for changes to take effect.

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 07 '15 at 15:29

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for me it works when I've coped findstr(from windows/system32) to wildfly/bin

answered Dec 07 '15 at 15:29

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 01 '12 at 14:04

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Please go throught the simplest steps:-

go to C:\Windows\system32\ and copy findstr.exe file.
paste this file into the location C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_24\bin
Run your jboss again you will get out of this.....

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answered Aug 21 '12 at 04:31

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@AshuPhaugat just because it works doesn't mean it's the right way to do things. This is how we end up with bloated/broken software. – autonomy Dec 28 '17 at 18:13

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 15 '14 at 16:51

Check to see if you %SystemRoot% is evaluating (type set path into a command prompt, you should not see %SystemRoot%, but instead that actual path). If your path variable's (user, or systems) first entry begins with an %(an environment variable) this can cause an issue.

To resolve this, simply swap this first entry with anything else in your path that does not lead with an environment variable.

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 27 '14 at 11:00

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You can also hard code the directory by replacing 'findstr' with 'C:\Windows\system32\findstr'. This is useful when using systems with restricted user permissions.

answered Feb 27 '14 at 11:00

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 09 '17 at 12:41

I have try to work with play framework but stuck with to run activator.bat file but solution is the same just copy file from windows/system32/findsr and past it to under stuck folder then run the respective file again. thanks to andrewsiand Suryaprakash

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered May 24 '18 at 11:52

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Please beware that current Windows systems use a Capital "S" for the System directory, so: C:\WINDOWS\System32 %SystemRoot%\System32

Omitting the capital S will result in a neglect of the line in the %PATH%

answered May 24 '18 at 11:52

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Which Windows version has by default case sensitive NTFS filesystem for system drive? – Marki555 Dec 01 '19 at 22:02

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 22 '19 at 15:15

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In my case (not JBoss related) the following helped to fixed this error.

Instead of:

SET path="%path%;C:\some\additional\path"

I used:

SET "path=%path%;C:\some\additional\path"

answered Jul 22 '19 at 15:15

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered May 31 '21 at 09:01

For IBM ACE solution for

'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

Go to the path C:\Windows\System32
Find the findstr.exe, copy it and then find the path where you bin file of your application is found. eg C:\Program Files\IBM\ACE\11.0.0.12\server\bin then past it inside the bin file
cancel the console of ace and re-open it.
Then run ACE toolkit command on ace console.
Then press enter, now it can open.

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