Guide - Put repacks anywhere(Great if you have two drives)

[barinar]

This is a guide on how to change the default directory of you command prompt. I have two drives, and my C: drive is very small(30GB) so I put my repacks on my D: drive. If you have a similar situation this should help you a lot.

This is also a good way to fix problems if you already have you repack in your C: drive and it won't work(Mine was "C:\users\computer" by default). So if anyone says their mysql doesn't work with it in their C: drive tell them to check the command prompt for the default directory.

*Warning* If you use your command prompt a lot, this will change the default directory, so you will always be using change directory when you want to use it(Most people rarely use the command prompt so if you don't your fine)

Step 1:
Open your registry editor* and go to HKEY_Current_User< Software < Microsoft <Command Processor

Step 2:
Once you have the command processor keys open, go to Edit< New< String Value. Name the string value "Autorun". Change the value to whatever you want to put your repack in(Such as "D:" or "C:\Private Server\").

It should look like this now:


Step 3:
Put your repack in the folder you use above. Now all of your server files should work. Start up mysql or apache and there you go.


* To open the Registry Editor open your "Run" box in XP or the search bar in vista from start. Type regedit.exe and ok.




I hope you found this guide useful.
Thanks!

[Djfrederick]

Nice to see some pictures!

+Rep cookie to you for your efforts and good explaining ability

[zimbabwe07]

worked for me thnx

[kreegoth]

Thank you that worked for me with no issues Stopped me from getting the error when i ran the programs too! Thanks again +rep