Setting up 'paths' with XP (MS-DOS emulation)?

[Gerry Wolff]

I have recently upgraded from W98SE to WXP and I want to run some MS-DOS
programs as I did before.

Previously, I set up paths in the autoexec.bat file so that programs and
files could be found. Please could someone explain how I can achieve the
equivalent effect with the XP command prompt?

With thanks,

Gerry

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have recently upgraded from W98SE to WXP and I want to run some MS-DOS
programs as I did before.

Previously, I set up paths in the autoexec.bat file so that programs and
files could be found. Please could someone explain how I can achieve the
equivalent effect with the XP command prompt?

With thanks,

Gerry

The normal way to configure the path variable is to follow this path:
Control Panel / System / Advanced / Environmental variables.
If you insist doing it via the Command Prompt then you could use
setx.exe from the Windows Resource Kit.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have recently upgraded from W98SE to WXP and I want to run some MS-DOS
programs as I did before.

Previously, I set up paths in the autoexec.bat file so that programs and
files could be found. Please could someone explain how I can achieve the
equivalent effect with the XP command prompt?

With thanks,

Gerry

I forgot to mention that the following command will modify the
path for the current session only:

set path=%path%;c:\YourFolder

This, of course, is the same as in Win9x.

 

[Gerry Wolff]

Thanks.

Gerry

The normal way to configure the path variable is to follow this path:
Control Panel / System / Advanced / Environmental variables.
If you insist doing it via the Command Prompt then you could use
setx.exe from the Windows Resource Kit.