Git & NPM commands not recognized

Question

I keep getting 'git' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

and

'npm' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

I have installed both, and have also manually added the paths to environment variables -> system variables -> path which were already present. I have also uninstalled and reinstalled both applications. I am now out of ideas. Any help would be appreciated.

Edit

Using Windows 10, C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\nodejs; are the current paths. Ive checked program files and the folders with the installed files are there

@mkrieger1 in the command line. Its where I prefer to do my git stuff — Leviathan
– Leviathan, Commented Sep 10, 2021 at 14:35

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-27 08:30:18Z

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Make sure to open a new CMD, and check your %PATH% does indeed refers to those tools.
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where git
where npm

You should see for instance C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe

As noted in the command, if that is not the case, re-installing Windows is recommended.

edited Sep 27, 2021 at 8:30

answered Sep 10, 2021 at 7:11

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Leviathan Over a year ago

Sorry for the slow response, I was away from my desk. I get the same response with where. 'where' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Seems like maybe a command line issue?

VonC Over a year ago

@MarkSmith You would get that error is you are not in a CMD, but a bash session. Open a CMD first. (Or: you are in a CMD, but with a %PATH% quite incomplete, without C:\Windows\System32.

Leviathan Over a year ago

I am in a CMD session, I only use command line for Git. I checked environment variables and it did have %SystemRoot%\system32. However I did add C:\Windows\System32 to make sure that wasnt the issue. It still doesnt work

VonC Over a year ago

@MarkSmith Did you relaunch a new CMD? Does dir C:\Windows\System32\where.exe work?

Leviathan Over a year ago

Launched a new cmd, restarted etc. Just added that line and it still doesnt work. At this point im thinking I just reinstall windows

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