Al, I have a number of those command files duplicated here and there around
my PC, for just that reason.

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "A&C Thompson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 10:55 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Moving Scanreg.exe


> Hey all,
>
> Can anyone offer a reason against moving or copying scanreg.exe to C:\
from  C:\Windows\Command ? (not
> scanregW.exe)
>
> Is there any reason I can't or shouldn't run it from there instead ?
> Should I move it or just copy it to C:\ ?
>
> The reason is silly, but when I used my boot disk last night and got to
the A:\ prompt, I changed Dir to
> C:\Windows, then tried to run scanreg. Needless to say, I got the old 'Bad
command or filename' message
> because scanreg was not in C:\Windows. So, since I always seem to forget
where it is, I thought it would just
> be easier to have it in C:\, which is where I usually start anyway. I just
don't want to have to search for
> it - lazy, huh? lol...thanks in advance.
>
> Al Thompson

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