'Find' is not recognized as an internal or external command??

[Blingee G]

Yea, I'm in the US, and no, I don't think it's Enterprise Edition

[garyan2]

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/win ... d081cdd808

If the version of WIndows is Home or Professional, you should be able to install WMC. If it is Enterprise, you won't be able to.

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[Blingee G]

Hi! Sorry for the absence, but I still have the same problem with the msi file...You see, whenever I try installing the WMC MSI file, it says I need to install the Microsoft dvd player app, and so I tried but everytime I try, it says "Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft DVD Player App Installation for Microsoft WindowsDVDPlayer etc.", then it says gathering required information, but then it closes and does nothing. Pls help...

[garyan2]

Try to install version 8.8.5 from here (https://mega.nz/file/GKQx3aTB#1PY2AgBQh ... Sc5b2G1XhE). It will install WMC first and then the DVD Player. Maybe it will succeed.

[Blingee G]

I tried that, and it said "'Find' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operation, or batch file."

[garyan2]

Take a look at this post (viewtopic.php?f=97&t=13188&p=146819&hil ... mi#p146819). You can edit the InstallBLUE.bat file like the user posted... this should get you past that.

[Blingee G]

I tried that, and I got this: Creating services...
[SC] CreateService FAILED 1073:

The specified service already exists.

[SC] CreateService FAILED 1073:

The specified service already exists.

[SC] CreateService FAILED 1073:

The specified service already exists.


Updating registry settings...

Creating scheduled tasks...

Setting access permissions...

Restoring Microsoft SQLCE COM registrations...

Unblocking files


Enabling the stock MPEG2 Codecs trough the DVD Player app...
'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Blingee G\Downloads\WMC Win10\WMC-V8.8.5\bin>

[garyan2]

Okay, well I guess you need to do the same thing for this line below.

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%windir%\system32\reg.exe query HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\AAD08E5278DF5ECD02C2CC206F760320 /v ProductName 2>nul | findstr /C:"WindowsDVDPlayer" 1>nul && goto :dvdinstalled

Put %windir%\system32\ in front of the findstr.

[Blingee G]

It...installed an app called "Cool File Viewer", is that supposed to happen?

[garyan2]

Um, no. Did Windows ask you if you wanted to install it because it didn't know how to open a file?

I don't know what is going on with your OS. There seems to some limitations built in which is why I asked if you were running the Enterprise edition, or even the N edition.

[Blingee G]

Ok, I found out that it's Home Edition, is that compatible with what I'm trying to do?

[Blingee G]

Also, I found out that the Cool File Viewer installation wasn't affiliated with the WMC Installation. The installation did absolutely nothing.

[garyan2]

Home is perfectly fine. Did it successfully install the DVD Player?

[Blingee G]

I...didn't see a DVD player installed anywhere...

[Blingee G]

Umm...You still there?

[garyan2]

Here is my recommendation.

Edit the 8.8.5 \Uninstaller.cmd to add the path to the find command.

%windir%\system32\reg.exe query "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" /v PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE | %windir%\system32\find /i "amd64" 1>nul || (

Edit the 8.8.5 bin\Uninstall.bat to add the path to the find command in multiple places.

%windir%\system32\whoami.exe /USER | %windir%\system32\find /i "S-1-5-18" 1>nul || (
...
echo Deleting services...
%windir%\system32\sc.exe query ehRecvr | %windir%\system32\find /i "RUNNING" >nul 2>&1
if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 net stop ehRecvr /y >nul 2>&1
%windir%\system32\sc.exe query ehSched | %windir%\system32\find /i "RUNNING" >nul 2>&1
if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 net stop ehSched >nul 2>&1
%windir%\system32\sc.exe query Mcx2Svc | %windir%\system32\find /i "RUNNING" >nul 2>&1

Run the \Uninstaller.cmd file as administrator
Reboot.
Run the \Uninstaller.cmd file as administrator again.
Reboot.
Run the \bin\windows10.0-kb3106246-x64.msi file to install/reinstall the DVD Player.
Then run the 8.9.0 msi installer.

[Blingee G]

I tried that, it doesn't seem to be working...Maybe it's because I don't have the Windows DVD Player installed? But it's not free, and I don't have $15...

[garyan2]

I'm not clear on what "it" is.

Does the msi not install because it says the DVD Player is not installed, or does WMC not open/work?

[Blingee G]

Ok, so, here's what happened: everytime I try to open the installation file for the Microsoft DVD App, it says "Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft DVD Player App Installation for Microsoft WindowsDVDPlayeretc.", then after a little bit, it says "Gathering required information," then it does nothing. No window opened up, and it didn't even install the DVD Player, cuz when I try to open the .msi file for the WMC installation, it still says I need to install the Windows DVD player. Which is why I think I need the $15 Windows DVD Player, which I can't get, because I don't have $15 right now...

[Space]

Just a shot in the dark, but instead of editing each of the executables to have a full path, why not just add the folders to the executable search path before running the command:

set PATH=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;%PATH%

Or if you don't have the %SystemRoot% environment variable set:

set PATH=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;%PATH%

This should already be set, so not sure why it isn't. Not having the PATH set correctly may be causing your issues, and you may even need to add additional folders to the path that are required by other steps of the process (perhaps the reason for it doing nothing at a certain point is because it can't find an executable it needs, and is just failing silently).