Windows 7 command prompt refuses to recognize the command!!!

Factual Questions
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Hey all,

So Windows decided to install the IE11 update. The problem is (well, the problem I know about, anyway) that it causes all of the library content to “disappear” in Poser. This is not good. :mad: It’s a known bug. So I went to this page:

How to Download the Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 11
I downloaded the toolkit, ran and installed it, the files showed up on my desktop just like they were supposed to, yay.

Of course, we ALL knew that it just couldn’t be that simple…

The full installation instructions say that AFTER doing that part, you then:

Launch an elevated Command Prompt by navigating to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> and then right click on “Command Prompt” and select “Run as Administrator”. Type “CD” followed by the path to where you have extracted the 4 files in step 2 above.
In the Command Prompt, type “ie11_blocker.cmd /B” and hit Enter to set the blocker on the machine.
You will see confirmation in the Command Prompt: “Blocking deployment of Internet Explorer 11 on the local machine. The operation completed successfully.” You can now close the Command Prompt window.

SO… here’s what happened. I typed ie11_blocker.cmd /B. Retyped and retyped and retyped, tried versions with spaces (no space before the backslash, spaces here and there and everywhere,) quotes, everything. EVERY time, this has been the response:

ie11_blocker.cmd/B is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
:mad::mad:!!!

I was really hoping to be able to create and render art for people to see on T-day… does anyone have ANY idea what happened here???

There are so many smart people here! I’m SURE somebody knows.

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What directory did you put the file in? It may be easier if you just put it on the root of the C: drive to help avoid any confusion. Then you can just type:

  1. cd c:
  2. ie11_blocker.cmd /B
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The horrible problem was solved! :slight_smile: Although if anybody asked me how, I don’t think I could come up with a good answer. But I agree-- that’s a good idea, and I’ll remember it from now on. This isn’t the first time this has happened.

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You could make a directory in C: and put the files there ?

So then in command prompt you have to “cd” there.

You can use tab to trigger auto compete - to save typing.

You can use, for example, dir ie * , to see if the file is there to run ?

You can start the command with .\ to say “and look in the local directory”.

Use .\ like this …

.\ ie11_blocker.cmd /B

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Huh. All I did was right click on the update in Windows update and hide it. It’ll suck if that’s not enough. I’ve seen way too many weird things happen if you upgrade to IE11, even from people who don’t actually use it.