Windows 10: what is the problem with "find" (not found as command)

Hello, my first post. Searched for the topic but could find no reference.

I experience the following problem: "GoogleCloudSDKInstaller.exe" exits without completing the installation, details say: <"find" not recognized as internal or external command>

I searched in my laptop and found the following situation:

A) "find.exe" exists, where i should be and works (if invoked with path)

C:\Users\ro>ls C:\WINDOWS\system32\find.exe'
C:\WINDOWS\system32\find.exe'

C:\Users\ro>C:\WINDOWS\system32\find.exe
FIND: formato del parametro non corretto

B) "find" works just the same

C:\Users\ro>ls
C:\WINDOWS\system32\find'

C:\WINDOWS\system32\find'
C:\Users\ro>C:\WINDOWS\system32\findFIND: formato del parametro non corretto

C) THE COMMAND ACTUALLY DOESN'T WORK! (when invoked without path!)
though the path is included in the PATH= system variable

C:\Users\ro>find
"find" non è riconosciuto come comando interno o esterno, un programma eseguibile o un file batch.

C:\Users\ro>path
PATH=C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath; C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\; C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\; C:\WINDOWS\system32; .....omissis....

Questions:
1 - how is it possible that an external command, on the path, is not found?
2 - is there a way to make things work properly?

Many thanks, rs

:)

 

Lumia " The Future is Here "

This is a support forum, not a complaints department.

I suggest you directly submit your complaints about hardware to Nokia and software to Microsoft.



Also it often helps to read reviews when switching platforms to make sure it suits your needs. From what you've said the Lumia 820 clearly doesn't suit you.

 

Lumia " The Future is Here "

psychomania: This is a support forum, not a complaints department.



psychomania: Also it often helps to read reviews when switching platforms to make sure it suits your needs. From what you've said the Lumia 820 clearly doesn't suit you.



What RSXforever wrote was a kind of review, that can help other people to judge, if Lumia is the right phone for them.

 

I can't tell you why you see that: on mine it seems ok




Typing find (return) alone =>
FIND: Parameter format not correct

Two of your examples are incorrect:
find' & find.exe' with a '

 

True, there is an <'> in excess (I found it quite difficult to format the message in this editor!]
Of course I suppose that normally the 'find' command is working, that is why I am asking. rs

 

Out of curiosity try the final line
noting you say
C:\WINDOWS\system32\find.exe'
works (without the ') as does
C:\WINDOWS\system32\find' (without the ')

Then
C:\Users\ro>find
does not work.

Try
c:\Users\ro>c:\windows\system32\find /?

The standard comment on this as you clearly expect is that there's an error in your PATH env. variable.
However, that appears to contain C:Windows\System32

 

Invoking the command, if you add the path explicitly, works (you get the help message, see below)
My problem is that "GoogleCloudSDKInstaller.exe" has to invoke it (obviously, without explicit path) in order to complete the installation!

C:\Users\ro>c:\windows\system32\find /?
Ricerca una stringa di testo in uno o più file.


FIND [/V] [/C] [/N] [/I] [/OFF[LINE]] "stringa" [[unit :]
[percorso]nomefile[ ...]]


/V Visualizza le righe NON contenenti la stringa specificata.
/C Visualizza solo il conteggio delle righe contenenti la stringa.
/N Visualizza i numeri delle righe visualizzate.
/I Ignora maiuscole/minuscole durante la ricerca della stringa.
/OFF[LINE] Non ignora i file in cui è impostato l'attributo offline.
"stringa" Specifica la stringa di testo da cercare.
[unit :][percorso]nomefile
Specifica uno o più file in cui ricercare.


Se non viene specificato il percorso, FIND cerca il testo digitato al prompt
dei comandi o reindirizzato da un altro comando.


C:\Users\ro>path
PATH=C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath; C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\; C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\; C:\WINDOWS\system32; C:\WINDOWS; C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem; C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\; C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL; C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL; C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT; C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT; C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Utilities 1.6\; C:\Program Files\Anaconda3; C:\Program Files\Anaconda3\Scripts; C:\Program Files\Anaconda3\Library\bin; C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU\GnuPG\pub; C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\; C:\Program Files\PuTTY\; C:\ProgramFiles_installedByRS;C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\;C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin;C:\Users\ro\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;


C:\Users\ro>find /?
"find" non è riconosciuto come comando interno o esterno,
un programma eseguibile o un file batch.

 

That seems to eliminate some odd permissions issue.
Again, out of curiosity, is there any difference between and admin command prompt and non-admin?

(I admit I'm grasping at straws here, as this seems obscure..)