Question for PC support gurus

Gandalph · #1 April 26th, 2002, 07:10 PM

In Windows 9x it is located at c:\windows\command\xcopy.exe
If you are going to copy directories with subdirectories, you should use c:\windows\command\xcopy32.exe /s /e [source] [destination]

dmm · #2 April 26th, 2002, 07:35 PM

Gandalph: Cool sig line, but that poem is about Aragorn, not Gandalf. (Although that particular stanza relates pretty well to Gandalf also.)

Suicide Junkie · #3 April 26th, 2002, 07:43 PM

How about running a command prompt, and doing a
"dir /s xcopy.exe >> scan.tmp"
Then scan for the first instance of "xcopy.exe", and snag the path mentioned just above that in the file.

Gaurav · #4 April 27th, 2002, 07:04 AM

That might work, but dir /s would take a long time to run, especially as hard drives continue to get larger.

You can take advantage of the fact that almost all systems are properly set up to have the 'dos' directory in the path. So, just look in those directories. If it is not found, it is ok to throw an error.

Gaurav · #5 April 27th, 2002, 07:24 AM

Looking for a free install program? I don't know if they are any good, but you can try looking through the list at CNET's download.com site.

Gandalph · #6 April 27th, 2002, 07:36 AM

quote:
Originally posted by dmm:
Gandalph: Cool sig line, but that poem is about Aragorn, not Gandalf. (Although that particular stanza relates pretty well to Gandalf also.)

Yeah, I know. But sounds cool and fits my style.

Mephisto · #7 April 27th, 2002, 11:09 AM

Thanks all for your help! In fact the install program is capable of finding the xcopy.exe for itself so I'm not dependent on dir /s (but this reminded me that I could do it at all). Thanks for the tip with download.com but I have tried over 15 install program now and only one had the search function but fails to install to very long paths on its own.