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Number   :  66
Date     :  2001-05-17
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  XXCOPY Windows ME
Size(KB) :  2


At 2001-05-17 04:30, Dick Wynveen wrote:
>Dear Sir,
>I tried to install xxcopy under Windows ME, but it told me
>that the Winsdows\command directory is not available.
>What is the preferred way to install under Windows ME?
>
>Thanks in advance,
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Dear Dick:

The XXCOPY program is a typical command-line program which is
most conveniently run from a DOS Box. Therefore, a knowledge
of how to open and how to run a command from the DOS Box is
essential to use the XXCOPY program effectively.

Unfortunately, it take great many lines to explain just that.
Please find some source of info on this subject first (it
is out of scope of our trying to help the users for the
basic level of DOS proficiency).

But, once you have a DOS Box opened and if you learn how
to enter a command and get a desired result, you can proceed.

Type PATH 

The system will respond with a line like:

PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;

This line shows the list of directories in your system which
will be searched for the qualifying command file when you type
a command line. Usually, there are more directories (separated
by a semicolon). Any of these directories is a good candidate
for XXCOPY to be copied into. In most cases, the
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND directory is present and that is the
recommended directory for XXCOPY. By copying XXCOPY into one
of those existing directories which are in the PATH= parameter
simplifies the command line invocation of XXCOPY in the future.

But, it is not very critical as to where you put the XXCOPY.EXE
file, as long as you know how to invoke the XXCOPY.EXE program
from anywhere else. You must learn how a command is executed.

If you still don't know where to put XXCOPY into, then pick the
first item in the PATH= line you obtained (between the equal
sign (=) and the first semicolon (;)). It will be fine.


Cheers,

Kan Yabumoto

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