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  • I have checked it is runnig the command prompt from system32. I have started it whith Run, typing cmd, I have actually started it from the system32 folder, by double-clicking. Like I said in the question, I have tried typing "telnet" in both command prompts: from the system32 and the syswow64 directories. Regardless of which one I choose, it looks for the files in syswow64, for some reason.
    – Sampaio
    Commented Jun 9, 2013 at 18:33
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    The behavior you're describing is what you'd see if running a 32 bit command prompt. Run cmd.exe, then go to the Task Manager and click on the Processes tab. Sort by Image Name (click on the Image Name column) and look at all cmd.exe processes. Do any of them have *32 next to them?
    – jdigital
    Commented Jun 9, 2013 at 22:13
  • Good idea. I checked, and there is indeed *32 next to the process. However, in the actual command propt window, the path is system32\cmd.exe. Uhm... Edit: Some times the process does not have the *32, in which cases telnet works just fine. So, the question, I believe, is why sometimes 32bits cmd.exe is called, and why 32bits cmd.exe appears as having the path system32\cmd.exe, on the console window
    – Sampaio
    Commented Jun 9, 2013 at 23:50
  • In a 32 bit process, system32 is remapped to SysWOW64, so you can't rely on the path system32\cmd.exe without knowing the type of the process that invoked it. Regarding why 32 bit cmd.exe is being called, this is a result of how it is invoked. Can you provide more details?
    – jdigital
    Commented Jun 10, 2013 at 0:22
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    from a 32-bit cmd you can run %SystemRoot%\Sysnative\telnet to get the 64-bit telnet
    – phuclv
    Commented May 31, 2018 at 10:45