Windows 8-'edit' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file

Question

Hello,  my friend recently upgraded to windows 8 pro version 64 bit operating system. The problem is in cmd(command prompt) when we use 'edit' command to edit a file. it shows an error " 'edit' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file"... Can anybody help me how to make this edit command to work in windows 8 64 bit OS please....?

Answer 1

Why in the he11 would MS do this? And not tell anyone? Sometimes the stupidity is monumental.

Answer 2

I'm sorry to tell that I haven't succeeded. And I quit trying as I thought its not possible in 64 bit OS.

Answer 3

not able to save directly to system32 folder error Access denied , only can copy paste the file to system32 folder.

and program cant be executed, shows same error ....  please help from step 4 

Hi!

I know this post is really old, I just got the error. Have you already tried to use cmd as an admin? Did or does it work, or you found any other solution? I would appreciate it. Thank You!

Answer 4

Hi Padmahas,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community Forums.

The issue description seems a bit unclear and I would like to have a better understanding before we start working on it. I would really appreciate if you can help me with the following information.

1.      What exactly are you trying to do on the computer?

2.      Which file are you trying to edit?

You can refer the help article and check.

Command-Line Reference

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754340.aspx

Please refer to the mentioned link prior to posting a question so that you may provide all the relevant information, for us to help you:

Suggestions for asking a question on help forums: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

he is trying to run edit, a text editor which was used in xp to write java programs(I only used this for writing a java program). but this program is  no more available in  windows 8 64bit. So windows is showing the error a edit doesn't exist.

Answer 5

The problem is unclear? He stated the exact error message. 'edit' just isn't a command anymore in later Windows versions. (For whatever reason.)