Impossible to use TL 2023 on Windows

[George N. White III]

> On May 13, 2023, at 5:19 AM, Siep Kroonenberg <siepo at bitmuis.nl> wrote:
>
> On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 10:20:25PM +0200, Denis Bitouzé wrote:
>>> Le 12/05/23 à 20h44, Peter Flynn a écrit :
>>>
>>> On 12/05/2023 16:54, Denis Bitouzé wrote:
>>>> Le 11/05/23 à 21h43, Siep Kroonenberg a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> C:\Windows\System32 is missing from the path.
>>>> Good catch! Problem solved: many thanks!
>>>
>>> Very happy to hear this.
>>>
>>> Next steps: in my ignorance of Windows —
>>>
>>> 1. Do we know the reason why C:\Windows\System32 was missing from the path?
>
> No. This is not easy to do by accident; one might cause this e.g. by
> making a mistake while modifying PATH manually.
>
>>> 2. Is this a common problem? Something the average Windows user is likely to
>>> experience?
>
> No

Failure to run cmd.exe has been reported recently in other forums, but
have not seen any
follow up beyond users being advised to switch to PowerShell (a reason
for moving
to pwrsh.exe is that scripts can be digitally signed
<https://techexpert.tips/powershell/tutorial-digitally-sign-powershell-scripts/>).

PowerShell is now the command shell for File Explorer in Windows 10
<https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powershell-is-replacing-command-prompt-fdb690cf-876c-d866-2124-21b6fb29a45f>.

>
>> I haven't used Windows in years, but this student seemed to know it
>> well. On the other hand, he didn't know the concept of PATH until
>> I suggested we take a look at it. So it's not impossible that this
>> happened when TL 2021 was deleted.
>
> I don't see how.
>
> --
> Siep Kroonenberg