No output from Windows binaries when running from different location

Question

When I copy Windows binaries like ping or netstat to a different location on the machine I can't get any output.

Example:

>C:\Windows\System32\ping.exe 127.0.0.1
Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
>copy C:\Windows\System32\ping.exe n_ping.exe
        1 file(s) copied.
>n_ping.exe 127.0.0.1
>n_ping.exe 127.0.0.1 > test.out
>type test.out
>move n_ping.exe ping.exe
>.\ping.exe 127.0.0.1
>

Issue:

No output from n_ping command, but I see ICMP traffic in Wireshark.

Is there a way to get output from binaries like ping and netstat running outside of Windows folder?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '20 at 17:09

Solved by creating en-US folder with mui files in the same folder where binary is executed (thanks to @gronostaj - Why is DNS apparently involved in issuing "dir" on Windows 10?)

>mkdir en-US
>copy %windir%\System32\en-US\ping.exe.mui .\en-US

        1 file(s) copied.
>.\ping.exe 127.0.0.1
Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

No output from Windows binaries when running from different location

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