Verifying the system path

Make sure that an entry for <install_path>\bin (the path to the CICS® Universal Client executable files) appears before any network directories in your PATH statements.

Because the CICS Universal Client runs as a Windows® service, its environment is determined when the system is started and is formed from system environment variables only. The environment used by Windows services is established before the network drives are attached when Windows starts. Consequently, any directory in the system PATH that involves a network drive is not available to Windows services.

Some Windows versions discard the remainder of a PATH if they find a nonexistent directory, and you might have problems running your CICS Universal Client if network directories (or nonexistent local directories) are in your system PATH before the CICS Universal Client executable files paths.