Can't run 'mongod' command, says not recognized

Question

I'm trying to set up a local db server on my Windows 10 x64 machine. When I try to run anything with mongod it doesn't run. I've already added the PATH, which is now C:/mongodb/bin (tried just C:/mongodb already). Also when I try to run mongo.exe and mongod.exe from the bin folders, the command box launches and immediately disappears, even when run as administrator. What's going on?

Answer 1

If you use Windows I would recommend

1. to run cmd - Windows command prompt console

2. to navigate to the folder, where you installed mongoDB, in particular, to the bin subfolder. In my case the path is

   C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.0\bin

3. run mongo --version

4. if your installation is correct than you will have something like

   MongoDB shell version v4.0.9<br />

   git version: fc525e2d9b0e4bceff5c2201457e564362909765

5. to go to the the Windows Environment Variables (type Environment Variables in the WIndows search field)

6. to add mongo (C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.0\bin) to Windows PATH Env
7. to close cmd terminal and open again...

mongo --version should work from any place of your Windows