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Windows Sharepoint services - stsadm - How to enable command line options

I want to install a feature into a SharePoint site. I am trying to do it with the command prompt. When I open the command prompt and give the command like:

stsadm -o installfeature

It is saying that 

'stsadm' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

How to do this with the command prompt. Is it necessary to use powershell only? Do I need to change any environment variable?

Solution

  • Register the path of 'stsadm.exe' in the path which as I can remember is here:

    C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN

    or type in the following command:

    @set PATH=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN;%PATH%

    Hope that helped.