Command Line and Folder Names

[Guest]

Hi,

I have a couple of problems:

1. Everytime I start the command prompt it starts in my "I" drive which is a
mapped drive. Whenever I try to change directories by using the "cd" command
it won't let me. How can I get around this? I need to change to my C drive.

2. I'm trying to create a folder named ".idlesrc" for testing purposes with
python. However, windows won't let me. This seems a little strange since I
installed Netbeans and it created a folder name ".netbeans" So, why is it
doing this?

Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[Martmcd]

1. to change drives in command prompt type the drive letter followed by a
colon i.e. C: and press enter. CD command only works for changing
directories on the same partition.

2. do you get an error message? what is it?
possibly permissions?

hope that helps
Martin

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your response.

That was very helpful and it helped me find the problem.... but I have one
more question:

I am trying to use python but the IDLE won't start (development
environment)... python is looking at my HomeDrive to try to store some
configuration data... and currently my HomeDrive (environment variable) is
set to "I" ... I found this by typing "set home" which returns :

HOMEDRIVE=I:
HOMEPATH=\somefolder
HOMESHARE=\\server\sharename

So, all I need to do is change HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH to some values that I
specify... I changed them by using the "set home=C:" and "set
homepath=somepath" but once I close the prompt it goes back to "I"

How do I make it permanent?

Thanks again!