setx command not recognized on Windows10

Question

I am installing software on a new laptop with (unfortunately) Windows 10 and the setx command is not recognized:

'setx' is not recognized as an internal or external command

I have Googled this, but can't find anything related to setx and Windows-10.

Do I need to do something specific to enable this command on Windows-10?

"Using" is a funny word to use since it does not recognize the command. But both just "setx" and "setx /?" gives the not recognized reply — Plaul, Dec 27 '15 at 16:28
already asked here: http://superuser.com/questions/1018513/setx-command-missing-in-windows10 — Gaurav Joseph, Dec 27 '15 at 16:34
Ok I saw this : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16139520/what-is-the-location-of-the-setx-command-in-windows-7 and it says you need to check C:\Windows\System32 should be in your PATH env variable. — SomeDude, Dec 27 '15 at 16:35

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 27 '15 at 16:58

The answer was given by svasa. It is strange but it worked. The strange thing is that it always was defined in my path, but as "%SystemRoot%\system32". Capitalizing system32 solved the problem. But this was an all new laptop, so I assume this wrong setting came from Microsoft?

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 03 '18 at 05:42

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In my case I had to run my batch file as Administrator or from an Administrator command prompt.

answered Jan 03 '18 at 05:42

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