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« on: May 11, 2008, 11:15:56 AM »
So I'm using the cmd prompt, no I don't want to but I have to run something from the command line, and that program is on my external drive E:

So I type:
dir E:
<Dumps contents of drive> which means it sees it

cd E:
E:\

cd E:\
c:\>


What? It doesn't let me change the directory to that drive..
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« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2008, 12:30:24 PM »
Remember, DOS (and DOS emulators like on XP) is not UN*X. wink

Type instead:

e:
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« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2008, 01:00:25 PM »
That still doesn't work; but I found a way around it. I just did "E:\path\to\stupid\darn\file\apple.exe" something_in_current_directory.exe

Annoying, but it worked.
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« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2008, 05:02:47 PM »
That's odd. It should work. Hmm...
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« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2008, 09:23:03 PM »
Hi, you can't cd to another drive, you have to make it an active drive first.

i.e:


C:\> dir E:\

... it shows it works...

C:\> E:

E:\>

E:\> dir

Should show the contents of the E: drive...
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« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2008, 09:42:45 PM »
Cheesy works now. That'll be helpful in the future; but already found and used the alternative long annoying way Wink
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