What is the reason for the error message System cannot find the path specified

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I have folder run in folder system32  When I run cmd from within Total Commander opening a command prompt window with C  Users admin as current directory and want to go into that folder  the following error message is output       System cannot find the path specified    When I open cmd directly in folder run  it works perfect  Why   The command prompt window on opening in C  Windows System32 run   C  Windows System32 run gt cd    C  Windows System32 gt cd run  C  Windows System32 run gt    The command prompt window on simply running cmd   Microsoft Windows  Version 6 1 7601  Copyright  c  2009 Microsoft Corporation  V  etky pr  va vyhraden     C  Users admin gt cd    C  Users gt cd    C   gt cd windows  C  Windows gt cd system32  C  Windows System32 gt cd run Syst  m nem    e n  jst    zadan   cestu

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You just need to   Step 1  Go home directory of C   with typing cd    2 times   Step 2  It appears now C   gt   Step 3  Type dir Windows System32 run  That s all  it shows complete files  amp  folder details inside target folder     Details  I used Windows System32 com folder as example  you should type your own folder name etc  Windows System32 run

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There is not only 1  SystemRoot  System32 on Windows x64  There are 2 such directories  The real  SystemRoot  System32 directory is for 64-bit applications  This directory contains a  64-bit  cmd exe  But there is also  SystemRoot  SysWOW64 for 32-bit applications  This directory is used if a 32-bit  application accesses  SystemRoot  System32  It contains a 32-bit cmd exe  32-bit applications can access  SystemRoot  System32 for 64-bit applications by using the alias  SystemRoot  Sysnative in path  For more details see the Microsoft documentation about File System Redirector  So the subdirectory run was created either in  SystemRoot  System32 for 64-bit applications and 32-bit cmd is run for which this directory does not exist because there is no subdirectory run in  SystemRoot  SysWOW64 which is  SystemRoot  System32 for 32-bit cmd exe or the subdirectory run was created in  SystemRoot  System32 for 32-bit applications and  64-bit cmd is run for which this directory does not exist because there is no subdirectory run in  SystemRoot  System32 as this subdirectory exists only in  SystemRoot  SysWOW64  The following code could be used at top of the batch file in case of subdirectory run is in  SystemRoot  System32 for 64-bit applications   echo off set  quot SystemPath  SystemRoot  System32 quot  if not  quot  ProgramFiles x86   quot      quot  quot  if exist  SystemRoot  Sysnative   set  quot SystemPath  SystemRoot  Sysnative quot   Every console application in System32 run directory must be executed with  SystemPath  in the batch file  for example  SystemPath  run YourApp exe  How it works  There is no environment variable ProgramFiles x86  on Windows x86 and therefore there is really only one  SystemRoot  System32 as defined at top  But there is defined the environment variable ProgramFiles x86  with a value on Windows x64  So it is additionally checked on Windows x64 if there are files in  SystemRoot  Sysnative  In this case the batch file is processed currently by 32-bit cmd exe and only in this case  SystemRoot  Sysnative needs to be used at all  Otherwise  SystemRoot  System32 can be used also on Windows x64 as when the batch file is processed by 64-bit cmd exe  this is the directory containing the 64-bit console applications  and the subdirectory run   Note   SystemRoot  Sysnative is not a directory  It is not possible to cd to  SystemRoot  Sysnative or use if exist  SystemRoot  Sysnative or if exist  SystemRoot  Sysnative   It is a special alias existing only for 32-bit executables and therefore it is necessary to check if one or more files exist on using this path by using if exist  SystemRoot  Sysnative cmd exe or more general if exist  SystemRoot  Sysnative

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The following worked for me    Open the Registry Editor  press windows key  type regedit and hit Enter    Navigate to HKEY CURRENT USER Software Microsoft Command Processor AutoRun and clear the values  Also check HKEY LOCAL MACHINE Software Microsoft Command Processor AutoRun

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