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Have you ever wanted to
have a specific directory for your WAVs and still be able to
play your WAVs in a chat room? A PATH statement put in
your autoexec.bat file can make that happen.
A PATH statement will
designate a search path for your computer that you specify within it for
execution. Here's how...
1) Make a directory for your
WAVs. You do this through your windows explorer. AKA
the My Computer Icon on your windows Desktop. (If
you don't know how, please don't email me with further
directions. Please ask a friend/neighbor/co-worker)
2) You now need to open your
autoexec.bat file.
METHOD a)
click START > RUN and type in EDIT AUTOEXEC.BAT.
You should now have a blue screen in front of you.
METHOD b)
click START > PROGRAMS >
ACCESSORIES > SYSTEM
TOOLS > SYSTEM INFORMATION. A new window will pop
up. Click TOOLS > SYSTEM CONFIGURATION UTILITY.
Click the autoexec.bat tab. At this point you will need to
either click edit or new accordingly.
Please see step 3.
3) Editing
or creating a PATH statement
a) You might
have a SET PATH statement already in your autoexec.bat file if
you do then type a semi colon and then type your wav directory
path
b)
If you do not have a SET PATH statement already then you will need to type
the following. (Start an entirely new text line)
SET PATH <and the
directory name>
c) A semi
colon separates different directory paths. Here are some
examples.
| SET
PATH C:\Wavs\Music;c:\Wavs\Kidssong |
| SET
PATH C:\NewDirc\Misc |
| SET
PATH C:\Online\AOL\WAVs;D:\Sounds\Wavs\New;D:\Sounds\Wavs\ |
| SET
PATH d:\Wavs\music\soft;D:\wavs\music\cntry;d:\wavs\cartoons |
4)
NOTE: A SET PATH statement has a
maximum of 127 characters. Therefore if you have many
directories you want to place within your path statement. You might need to shorten
(rename) your directory names.
For
example...
| Instead of |
D:\SOUNDS\WAVS\MUSIC\KIDSONGS |
| Replace with |
D:\SND\WAV\MSC\KID |
5)
NOTE: PATH statements
are not case specific.
d:\sound is the same as D:\Sound
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