Can't see some programs from Console2 or Powershell

Question

I use Console2 to run various shells (git bash, powershell, cmd). However, there are some programs that aren't accessible when I run Console2 or Powershell that are accessible from a plain cmd prompt. Why might that be, and how can I fix it?

For example, the program bcdedit can't even be seen in C:\Windows\System32\ when in the other shells (but shows up fine in cmd and Windows Explorer, and is on the PATH [i.e. runnable from any directory] in cmd).

I've also installed the Elevation PowerToys on my machine, but, again, the elevate command again only works from cmd.

Answer 1

I can't replicate this on my system (win7 64-bit, console2 beta version 2.00.147), but it sounds like some madness I fought once upon a time with a 32-bit app launching a 32-bit cmd.exe and getting lost in WOW64's system32 folder (%systemroot%\SysWOW64).

If you're running a 64-bit version of windows, I'd suggest you check your task manager to confirm whether console.exe and cmd.exe are 32-bit or 64-bit.

I was able to work around the issue at that time by creating a symlink to the 64-bit system folder and launching cmd.exe explicitly from there in my 32-bit process.

cd \windows
mklink /d sysnative system32

then make my 32-bit app launch \windows\sysnative\cmd.exe

Very clunky work around, but it may help you, if you're experiencing the same issue.