'chcp' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. on a Windows PC

Question

I am receiving the error message below in the command prompt when using the git init command. I'm using a Windows PC running Windows 7.

C:\rails_projects\first_app>git init
'chcp' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Reinitialized existing Git repository in C:/rails_projects/first_app/.git/
'chcp' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I'm new to Ruby on Rails and I'm trying to create a repository for my Rails project. When I use a command such as rails new first_app or rails server I don't receive the message, only when I used the git init command does it show up. Also, as you can see the command still functions correctly (i.e. Reinitialized existing Git repository in C:/rails_projects/first_app/.git/), however, it's annoying to see the error message every time I make a command.

Does anyone have any idea how to fix this problem? I found a link that told me I need to switch the console to Windows-1252 http://illegalargumentexception.blogspot.com/2009/04/i18n-unicode-at-windows-command-prompt.html#charsets_1252 but that didn't work.

I appreciate any help, thanks!

Answer 1

See if your PATH environment variable is setup properly. Any system should have atleast the below on PATH

;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;

Add the above if not there.

Once added, open a new cmd / bash and try:

where chcp

It should give the path.

Then try with the git init again

Edit

If you need help to find where to add it

Answer 2

You have broken PATH (check with SET PATH), chcp is internal Windows-command, which can be found in $Windows\system32\ dir