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Win 7 Command prompt does't use PATH to find executables

The command prompt cannot find such common commands as ping, ipconfig etc until I navigate to system32. But the PATH variable contains %SystemRoot%\System32\. What could be a problem?
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Strange PATH issue in Windows 7 - goes null after being set

I have some sort of a problem with the PATH system variable. Since I use a lot of cmd apps and scripts I've added a lot to it. But the string's length is not the issue. I've worked around this ...
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Modifying the Path environment variable is not working

I have my PATH variable set on my Windows 7 machine, and everything appears normal when I do echo %Path% The paths look fine and are separated by ";" like normal, however, when I try to run any ...
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