Is there a way to enter path command to have the whole drive searched? ((not just specific folders e.g PATH C:\;C:\DOS;C:\CLIENT32 .....))

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The PATH command is not a search tool as such but a way to make files with EXE,COM and BAT extensions available from the current directory.After you define a PATH statement in config.sys or autoexec.bat you need to reboot once to make the dos commands readily available from the command prompt.Other files or data files paths are defined with the APPEND command(similar to the PATH command).There is no universal PATH statement that would eliminate the need to define it in config.sys(SET PATH) or autoexec.bat(PATH).Good luck.

Not at all clear where we're going. If you want to search the PATH you can: for %P in (%PATH%) do dir %P\*.com [To find COM files] To SEARCH an entire drive: attrib /s c:\*.* ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Thanks for the replies. I will set the path manually. set PATH=%PATH%;C:\FolderName Thank you all

Please explain exactly what/why you are trying to do. My understanding of the path command is that it provides the dos o/s with a number of directories (in order) which it searches in that order, to load one of the file types, as described by Petit Jean. One tends to use this for the most used applications. e.g dos, wp, etc. For other appications, one can use a small batch file to avoid using commands such as (e.g.):- CD\ CD application directory application Good Luck - Keep us posted.

What I was trying to be was lazy. I have over 100 unique machines that have specific folders that need to be in the path and instead of doing some login script changes I was trying to find out if there was a different way to go. Thank for the help