SharePoint: ‘Stsadm’ is not Recognized as an Internal or External Command, Operable Program or Batch File.

Add stsadm.exe to default system paths: make your system able to execute stsadm no matter what folder you are in.

Go to Control panel > System > Advanced system setings

Under “System Variables” click Path (You will need to scroll down a bit – see the image attached). Click edit. At the end of the line add:

;C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\12\BIN