Can not run commands within command line, PowerShell or other terminals

[Theo_suarez]

Issue: when I run commands in any terminal (Powershell, command prompt, VSCode terminal, etc.)

doesn't execute.
What is supposed to happen: Run a command, for example, "help", and return the default help message

What happens: Executing "help", returns the error (Powershell) "

more.com : The term 'more.com' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling
of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:9 char:19
+ } else { $input | more.com }
+ ~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (more.com:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

"

[#2]

Do you have c:\windows\system32\more.com on your system? But you have this issue with, for example, "get-childitem c:\" too?

[#3]

@Harm_Veenstra, I can run certain commands such as "cd", "dir", and "get-childitem c:\", however, most of the useful commands, such as ipconfig are nonfunctional and return a similar error when executed, I do get around this this however by creating a .bat file that changes the dir to C:\Windows\System32 where the commands are stored.

One of the possible causes is that there is an issue with system variables, as in the past, I could not run the "jar", but the solution for me was that the PATH was not properly defined but I highly doubt that this could be the root of the issue.

[#4]

If creating a bat file that changes your directory to system32, I think you might check the system path settings on your system. Compare it to another system or from Windows Sandbox if you use it

[#5]

Any update? 

[#6]

Haven't got around to doing it.

[#7 · Accepted solution]

@Harm_Veenstra I've Solved it, as it was missing the following Paths in "Paths" In system variables:

%SystemRoot%\system32
%SystemRoot%
%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem
%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\
%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\OpenSSH\

 It did not contain the paths, so they could not execute the commands, thank you for suggesting that the issue could have arisen from environment variables

 Correct:
Correct "path"

Incorrect:
Incorrect "path"

[#8]

@Theo_suarez Ah, nice to hear! Glad it's fixed 🙂

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[#9]

"help" is actually a function that calls Get-Help and pipes the output to more.
Use the full command Get-Help and it will not require having the more executable in your path or on your system.

[#10]

Uninstall reinstall then sfc /scannow then  takeown /f *  netuser (setup) then chkdsk  if still no then try roll back of update  and or feature @Theo_suarez 

[#11]

powershell in visual from cmdline admin powershell.exe and .code,,,,,,,,,,enter

 @Theo_suarez 

[#12]

The problem is already fixed after adding the paths