Syntax Displays or sets a search path for executable files. PATH [[drive:]path[;...]] PATH ; Type PATH ; to clear all search-path settings and direct Windows to search only in the current directory. Type PATH without parameters to display the current path. Examples path=c:\windows\command This is where a lot of DOS commands are stored in Window 95; if you are not able to do a dos command, type this command in, allowing all commands you type in, such as "deltree", to be loaded from this directory. However, if you have another file in another directory such as C:\DOS it will no longer look there. Additional information DOS limits the path to 122 bytes. Every command is actually limited to 127 bytes; however, 127 - 5 (minus 5 because of PATH=) = 122. Microsoft Windows 2000 and
Windows XP users must set or modify their path statement through the environment variables, additional information on how to do this can be found on document CH000549. |