Thread: PRS-650 getting command line box?
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Old 03-07-2011, 08:50 AM   #10
bbriand
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Device: Sony PRS-650
Open Windows Explorer and make note of the drive letter of your Sony. Use that when prompted for a drive letter.

On a side note I tend to never double click BATch files from Windows Explorer. Status / Error messages could be returned but the window closes before you can read them.

Open Windows Explorer and make sure "View->Toolbars->Address Bar" is checked on.

Next navigate to where the BATch file is located.

Highlight the address in the address bar and right click and copy the address of your current folder location.

Click "Start->Run" and type "cmd" without the quotes. In Windows 7 you can click start and I believe just type in "cmd" again with out the quotes. Hit Enter once typed.

Now you should have a text box in front of you with something like "C:\"

type in "CD ", without the quotes and note the space after CD, inside the window. Before hitting enter right click inside the window and select Paste. Now hit enter.

Now at the beginning of the address location you typed there should be a drive letter. Type this letter plus a : (colon) and hit enter. So if your address location was "C:\Program Files..." The drive letter is the first letter. In this case C. So type:
C:
and hit enter.

Now type in the name of the batch file as read from windows explorer. you can even switch back to windows explorer and highlight the BATch file. Then press F2 and right click the file name and click copy. switch back to the command prompt and right click and paste.

Once you have the name of the batch file typed in Hit Enter. You can also issue a DIRectory command by typing "dir" without the quotes and hitting Enter to see the files in the current folder (directory).

Hopefully this helps. This way if any message is returned from the batch file you can read it easily.

Good luck!
Bill

Last edited by bbriand; 03-07-2011 at 09:18 AM. Reason: missed a command
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