Where is the dotnet command executable located on Windows?

dotnet.exe is located in

C:\Program Files\dotnet>

If you are using command prompt and getting message that ‘dotnet’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file” then first check the above path. If you found the above path then just copy it and set it as an environment variable of your PC.

Steps:

1. Open control panel>System and Security>System

2. Click on Advanced system settings

3. In advanced section, click in Environment Variables

4. In System variables, select path and edit

5. In Windows 7 After semicolon, write “C:\Program Files\dotnet”

   In Windows 10 or 11, Click New and write “C:\Program Files\dotnet”

6. Click on Ok button till end.

now to check whether its working on not. Just open command propmpt and type

dotnet --version

This will show the dotnet version installed in your PC.