-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 11:31:02PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 11:39:55PM -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > > On May 4, 2009, at 19:21, Monte Stevens wrote: > >> > >> 1. type `cd "c:\program files\sun\xVM virtualbox" <enter>'. > > If you would have typed that at the command prompt exactly as you > typed it above, you would have seen that it wouldn't work.
Actually, I stand corrected. It does seem to be valid syntax for xp to accept a drive letter when switching folders, which wasn't the case in older versions of windows, or in DOS as far as I can recall. Paul, yes, to answer your question, windows does put the current working directory, (or folder in windows terminology), into the exe search path. In fact, the CWD gets searched before anything in the path variable. This was standard behavior since the days of good old DOS, and no, it can't be changed as far as I know, though I do stand to be corrected again. Now, for instructions on how to modify your exe path in xp. I considered not posting this to the whole list, but decided I might as well, so it's in the archives for anybody else not familiar with the windows command line who wants to use vboxmanage without switching folders every time. Note that I don't use the mouse, so I can only tell you where to go, and hopefully you'll know whether you should left-click once, or twice, and how to do what I describe by using the mouse. 1. Bring up the startmenu. 2. Bring up the control panel. 3. In the control panel, get into the "System" page. I use the classic control panel view, but hopefully System still exists in the default view, I can't recall if it does or doesn't. 4. In the System page, find the Advanced tab, and activate the "Environment Variables" button. 5. In the "System variables" list, select "Path", and activate the "Edit" button. 6. At the end of the existing text in the edit box that comes up, add the following exactly as shown, including the semicolon: ;C:\Program Files\Sun\xVM VirtualBox 7. Activate the "OK" button 3 times, once to close the edit box, a second time to close "Environment Variables", and a third time to close the "System" page. 8. Close the control panel, and you should now be able to run vboxmanage from wherever you are. Hth. Greg - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkn/5woACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyC+IwCg048JXK2/0KGv3pkQxLgX+tm1 ofEAn01NcykiMPIFenATyFIW062MCKdw =+2HC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
