telnet on Windows 8: even after installing still an unknown command

Question

I installed telnet by going to

-> Control Panel

-> Turn Windows Features on/off

-> checked "Telnet Client"

Reopened a cmd window. Still the same result:

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

Any thoughts? Windows 8 x64.

Answer 1

Try installing telnet client from the command line:

pkgmgr /iu:"TelnetClient"

Works for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista and for newer.

^{See: Install Telnet Client.}

Answer 2

I don't have an answer, but I find that when I launch a cmd window in the normal way telnet works, but when I launch a cmd window from launchy telnet does not work. This seems to depend on whether I am running a 64 bit cmd.exe or a 32 bit one.

dir C:\windows\system32\telnet.exe

is found when I and in the standard cmd window but not the launchy cmd window.

The standard cmd window is running dir C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe. The launch cmd window is running c:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe; even though it launched a shortcut that explicitly asked for C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

I have solved it for now with a cmd shortcut explicitly calling

C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-commandprompt_31bf3856ad364e35_6.3.9600.16384_none_7bcb26c7ee538fe3\cmd.exe

but that may well fail if I get updates so the 'real' 64 bit cmd.exe moves.