You can choose to use the command prompt for such files even if they are not
in the system32 directory by changing the command prompt to the directory
where the program is located.
For example, if a program which you want to run is in C:\Program Files\Lame
directory, you can issue the command to go to that directory by typing CD or
chdir on the command prompt.
The simpler method, however, will be to add the directory to your Path
variable. This can be done by going to My Computer either on start menu or
on the desktop. Don't open My Computer, but press alt+Enter to open its
Properties sheet. Then navigate by control+tab to Advanced Tab.
Tab to Environment Variables button and press spacebar. Tab to System
Variables. Use your arrow key in a listbox that appears. Find the Path
variable and just add your directory by pressing either Home key then type
the full path to your directory, then a semicolon, or an End key and start
by typing the semicolon then your full path. and press OK.
Next time you want to run the program, you just type its file name and not
the whole path on the command prompt or from the run box.
Concerning the other issue of not finding the file you converted to MP3, I
think you need to first know where your program normally places its output
after conversion. Most programs will place the converted files in the same
directory as the source file. For example, if source.wav is in My Documents,
the resultant file called source.mp3 is likely placed in the same folder.
If you did a search for the file and failed to get it, it could mean that
the search was performed from a tree level lower than where the actual file
is. You could try doing a search on the whole drive instead. It takes time,
but the results are more reliable.
Or, I am afraid, the file might not have been converted. Still if you are
sure that the file was converted, you can try repeating the conversion
process. If the file is there, it would be overwritten, or a dialog will pop
up asking you if you wish to overwrite the file. You will then need to press
No, and another dialog will come up asking you for the new name. Just find
out which directory is being used to store converted files at this point.
I am afraid this is getting lengthy, but the bottom line is if you used a
GUI app to convert your program, you have no need of a command prompt box.
If you used a command line app to do the conversion, simply try capturing
its output in a text file to get a full verbose log of how the conversion
was done.
As an aside, there are other user-friendly applications for converting one
format to another -- and they use this Lame Encoder. well, this might be off
topic. But you are free to get or seek further particulars off list in case
there is problem with this hastily written message.
Take care,
Ishe
He who can take advice is sometimes superior to he who can give it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 5:28 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Command Prompt
This is very clear, but one more question. So if I am trying to run a
program that is not in the root directory, even though I know the exact
path, I should still use the Command Prompt?
I'm trying to use Lame to change a .wav file to mp3. I don't need to do
any adjustment of the sound.
I thought I had it figured out, but I can't seem to find the mp3 that was
supposedly created. I use search to find it, but no joy.
TIA
At 04:55 PM 6/7/2010, you wrote:
The Run on the Start menu is not the same as the command prompt. It is
just a dialog box provided by the operating system for the user to
manually start (hence "Run") a program. This happens when the program is
either in the System Root directory (such as C:\windows\System32 on
Windows XP) or when you know the physical path to the program, file or any
other resource.
The command prompt is one of the programs in the System32 directory. So to
open it, you can use either this Run dialog box or better still, on
Windows XP go to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories and arrow down to
Command Prompt.
Run is just a faster way of opening it if you don't want to get into all
this maze of menus and submenus. If you are like myself and you constantly
use the command prompt, just pin it to the start menu, or even just
allocate a hot key to it from its Properties Tab.
Take care,
Ishe
He who can take advice is sometimes superior to he who can give it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press"
<[email protected]>
To: "jaws users" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 4:29 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Command Prompt
It's been ages since I needed to know this but is the Run... on the Start
Menu the same as the Command Prompt? If not, where is it?
TIA
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