EXE only runs from Program Files directory.

[Gooser]

I downloaded and installed 7z (from 7-zip.org) because I want to use its command-line interface in a project I am working on. Unfortunately I can only run the 7z.exe from C:\Program Files\7-zip\7z.exe

Is there something I need to do to make an *.exe file available from anywhere in the filesystem on the computer, i.e. s:\backup\ ?

Thanks so much for any help. As a dba, this is kind of on the fringes of the area of my expertise.



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[Davetoo]

You can just call it from that location...i.e. run c:\program files\blahblahblah

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[Gooser]

Dave,

Thanks for the reply, but I'm not sure I can, or want to call it from that location. I have call it programmatically, in order to pass it a file, and catch the outcoming file and I'd prefer not to have to navigate around file structures that may or may not change. I would like to know how to make windows realize that this is an exe so that when I type it at any command prompt on that computer it will work.

Thanks again,
v/r
Gooser

 

[TheLad]

If I am correct, you will want to add the directory location to the PATH environment variable. Doing this will mean you can call the EXE no matter what directory you are at in a CMD window.

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[Davetoo]

Yup...you'll have to include it in the PATH then.

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[Davetoo]

BTW, even doing it that way if that file isn't there any longer then you'll have to change your PATH statement again.

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