Manual program install

[moonman]

I am attempting to install a command line program, therefore it doesn't use Win Installer. This also makes the new program unrecognizable to Win98.

How do you modify the Windows search path so that the program can be run outside its exact directory path?

I have had people tell me just to modify the path statement in the autoexec.bat file. That would be fine if we were working with DOS. The autoexec file isn't even in the root directory and doesn't seem to be used by Windows at all.

One of the programs I am referring to as an installation is a Borland C compiler.

Any assistance is appreciated.

Thanks.

[WindyCityBrdmn]

If you don't already have a directory Drive:\Borland\bcc55, Start here:cplus.about.com/library/weekly/aa031502a.htm
If you already have your directory, then scroll to the bottom and go to page2. To edit the autoexec.bat properly, click the link in the first paragraph, do your stuff and go back to page2 fo rmore instructions.

[moonman]

Thanks Brian. I guess this would apply to any command-line application.

I think where the confusion may be is in the fact that the autoexec file on my machine is located at C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\EBD\ . This is why I assumed that is wasn't used and that there must be some other way to set the path for a command-line app.

Any thoughts on that?

Thanks again,

Brad

[WindyCityBrdmn]

The autoexec.bat should be in the root C:\. The EBD folder is in actuality the files for the Emergency Boot Disk. If you do not have an autoexec.bat in c:\, copy one there, add your line, create the config files as required and reboot.