Help! I need to use DOS (for the first time in my life) to run a program. When trying to move to my program files directory I get an error. I've tried a couple of ways of getting there I can get to 'windows' folder like this: F:\>cd windows but If I try it with program files I get: "too many variables - files" and if I try "program files" I get: "paramater format not correct -"program" does anyone know what the problem is here? please email me at: missworld@phreaker.net cheers

because of the space in the directory name you have to use cd "program files" or use the short name (use "dir" to get it) cd "progra~1"

What the above poster is trying to say is that in DOS, normally Whendox "long filenames" are "truncated", so that "Whenboxdiddle" becomes "Whenbo~1" or similar. If you want to see this, just open a DOS window in aWhendos and type "dir" and I'm sure you'll see a few. Since you say you are unfamiliar with DOS, type something like "dos commands" into Google. The very first hit, : http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm#02 should be some help.

What version of DOS and Windows are you useing here? You need a version of DOS that is FAT32 enabled (i.e. MS-DOS 7.10) to handle Long File Names. A little more information would not go amiss here. Please reply with a message to let us all know we are on the right track...