Author: Ed Leafe
Posted: 2007-11-12 09:00:24 Link
Let's say I have an executable located in c:\Program Files\Some
Directory\Some Other Directory\foo.exe. I would like to make it so
that the user can type 'foo' from a command prompt, and have that
executable run.
Would this be a Registry entry (or several)? If so, what would I
need to do? A link to a how-to page would be great.
-- Ed Leafe
Author: Peter Cushing
Posted: 2007-11-12 09:09:06 Link
Ed Leafe wrote:
> Let's say I have an executable located in c:\Program Files\Some
> Directory\Some Other Directory\foo.exe. I would like to make it so
> that the user can type 'foo' from a command prompt, and have that
> executable run.
>
> Would this be a Registry entry (or several)? If so, what would I
> need to do? A link to a how-to page would be great.
>
You could always add this folder to the path and it would run. Not sure
of another way of doing it.
Peter
Author: Chris Davis
Posted: 2007-11-12 09:09:29 Link
Just pop it in the path ?
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From: profox-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf
Of Ed Leafe
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Subject: [NF] How do I make a program name generally executable?
Let's say I have an executable located in c:\Program Files\Some
Directory\Some Other Directory\foo.exe. I would like to make it so
that the user can type 'foo' from a command prompt, and have that
executable run.
Would this be a Registry entry (or several)? If so, what would I
need to do? A link to a how-to page would be great.
-- Ed Leafe
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Author: Peter Cushing
Posted: 2007-11-12 09:18:40 Link
Peter Cushing wrote:
> Ed Leafe wrote:
>
>> Let's say I have an executable located in c:\Program Files\Some
>> Directory\Some Other Directory\foo.exe. I would like to make it so
>> that the user can type 'foo' from a command prompt, and have that
>> executable run.
>>
>> Would this be a Registry entry (or several)? If so, what would I
>> need to do? A link to a how-to page would be great.
>>
>>
> You could always add this folder to the path and it would run. Not sure
> of another way of doing it.
>
>
Just thought. You could add a foo.bat to the windows folder (which is
already in the path) and have this call the exe.
Peter
Author: Dave Crozier
Posted: 2007-11-12 09:21:21 Link
Ed,
Take alook at "Adding applications into the path" section at:
http://commandwindows.com/runline.htm
Regards
Dave Crozier
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From: profox-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf
Of Ed Leafe
Sent: 12 November 2007 14:00
To: ProFox Mailing List
Subject: [NF] How do I make a program name generally executable?
Let's say I have an executable located in c:\Program Files\Some
Directory\Some Other Directory\foo.exe. I would like to make it so
that the user can type 'foo' from a command prompt, and have that
executable run.
Would this be a Registry entry (or several)? If so, what would I
need to do? A link to a how-to page would be great.
-- Ed Leafe
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Author: Rob Anderson
Posted: 2007-11-12 09:29:00 Link
Right mouse click my computer - properties - advanced tab.
Environment variables, and change PATH to include :-
\Program Files\Some Directory\Some Other Directory
HTH,
Robbo.
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-----Original Message-----
From: profox-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On
Behalf Of Ed Leafe
Sent: 12 November 2007 14:00
To: ProFox Mailing List
Subject: [NF] How do I make a program name generally executable?
Let's say I have an executable located in c:\Program Files\Some
Directory\Some Other Directory\foo.exe. I would like to make it so
that the user can type 'foo' from a command prompt, and have that
executable run.
Would this be a Registry entry (or several)? If so, what would I
need to do? A link to a how-to page would be great.
-- Ed Leafe
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Author: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Frédéric_Steczycki?=
Posted: 2007-11-12 09:33:24 Link
An ol'days one, days where our stuff was much more simple... <s>
Frédéric Steczycki
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> De la part de Ed Leafe
> Envoyéà: 12 novembre 2007 15:00
> Ãâ¬Ã : profoxtech@leafe.com
> ObjetÃÂ : [NF] How do I make a program name generally executable?
>
> Let's say I have an executable located in c:\Program Files\Some
> Directory\Some Other Directory\foo.exe. I would like to make it so
> that the user can type 'foo' from a command prompt, and have that
> executable run.
>
> Would this be a Registry entry (or several)? If so, what would I
> need to do? A link to a how-to page would be great.
>
> -- Ed Leafe
> -- http://leafe.com
> -- http://dabodev.com
>
>
>
>
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Author: Ed Leafe
Posted: 2007-11-12 09:38:45 Link
On Nov 12, 2007, at 9:29 AM, Rob Anderson wrote:
> Right mouse click my computer - properties - advanced tab.
>
> Environment variables, and change PATH to include :-
>
> \Program Files\Some Directory\Some Other Directory
OK, thanks to all. I thought that it was more difficult than just
modifying the path.
Next question: how can I do that programmatically? IOW, I want to
give the user the option of adding the "c:\Program Files\Some
Directory\Some Other Directory" to the path. If they say yes, how can
I do that in a batch file?
-- Ed Leafe
Author: Profox
Posted: 2007-11-12 09:46:48 Link
Can you add the directory to the windows search path ?
My computer \/ right click properties / advanced / environment settings /
path / edit
Allen
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Subject: [NF] How do I make a program name generally executable?
Let's say I have an executable located in c:\Program Files\Some
Directory\Some Other Directory\foo.exe. I would like to make it so
that the user can type 'foo' from a command prompt, and have that
executable run.
Would this be a Registry entry (or several)? If so, what would I
need to do? A link to a how-to page would be great.
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Author: Rob Anderson
Posted: 2007-11-12 09:47:32 Link
Hi Ed,
Maybe you can modify the registry key :-
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\
Environment]
Which will achieve this for you.
(Further info at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/104011)
HTH,
Robbo
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-----Original Message-----
From: profox-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On
Behalf Of Ed Leafe
Sent: 12 November 2007 14:39
To: ProFox Email List
Subject: Re: [NF] How do I make a program name generally executable?
On Nov 12, 2007, at 9:29 AM, Rob Anderson wrote:
> Right mouse click my computer - properties - advanced tab.
>
> Environment variables, and change PATH to include :-
>
> \Program Files\Some Directory\Some Other Directory
OK, thanks to all. I thought that it was more difficult than
just
modifying the path.
Next question: how can I do that programmatically? IOW, I want
to
give the user the option of adding the "c:\Program Files\Some
Directory\Some Other Directory" to the path. If they say yes, how can
I do that in a batch file?
-- Ed Leafe
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