HTR: running program from command prompt ain't workin...

[welfareloser]

so i have a small program, fastconv, that i want to use... i try to run it from the command prompt... and i get this:

'fastconv' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file.

what do i need to do? i've got it in a folder on my c drive, when i double-click the program icon itself in the folder, a window opens for a fraction of a second and then disappears...(that at least means it is an operable program, right?) i know i'm typing the command line correctly, as per several sets of instructions i've referenced. what am i screwing up here?





(HTR = help the retard. i have so many of these kinds of questions that it's time for me to abbreviate :P )

EDIT (update) i moved the program to my "documents and settings" folder, and now when i type in the command line, it spits out the instructions to me, followed by another > thingy to let me type my next command... but it didn't execute my last command. okay... tell me how stupid i am... i don't know what to do.

[Markel]

It may be that the program is expecting certain other files to be present in the folder it is in. I would do this:

1) Create a folder under C: such as C:\MyStuff
2) Put everything concerning fastconv into that folder
3) Get to the command prompt. (I keep a button on my office shortcut bar for such purposes. :) )
4) At the command prompt, enter: cd c:\MyStuff
5) Try your fastconv stuff.

[mechmike0034]

I have no firsthand knowledge of this program, but a little Googling found these:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topicx1153-45.html, or, more specifically:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1153&view=findpost&p=28473

-and-

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1643&pid=9216&st=0&#entry9216

Lets see if I can go 2 for 2 :)

[welfareloser]

thanks for the help guys!

it's behaving better now, but still not doing what it's supposed to do, and there just aren't any good instructions out there...

okay. so. it's supposed to extract the individual files from the one big file-lump generated by the files and settings transfer wizard. but when i type in the command line like i'm supposed to, it responds with "access denied" in the command prompt window.

i really don't expect anyone to want to delve into this and try to troubleshoot for me... but just in case someone does ... :P

here are the instructions that come with the program:

To extract files with the Fastconv Extraction tool, use the following command at a command prompt:

fastconv [/v] [/i:<files_to_include>] [/e[:<files_to_exclude>]]
/s:<source_store> /d:<destination_store> [/t:<temp store>] [/k]

to make a long story short, /i and /e are optional (without them, it just extracts all the files), /s is to direct it to the files-and-settings file-lump (which is a folder, UMST2.unc, containing two files, "img0001" and "status"), /d tells it where to put the extracted files, and /t is not optional; it tells it where to store the temporary files. /v tells it to analyze for files but not extract them, and /k tells it not to delete the temp files.

here's what i type:

fastconv /s:<c:\UMST2.UNC> /d:<c:\folder> /t:<c:\temp>

i've done it with and without the /v and /k, i've tried to direct /s to the files within the folder, i've tried toggling all kinds of little things, and can't seem to get the program to do a durned thing except occasionally generate 2 64 kb db files in the fastconv folder :shrug:

any ideas?

[Cubsfan]

Are you actually typing the < and >? Don't do that if you are

[welfareloser]

Are you actually typing the < and >?

uhhh.... no? :dodgy:

(i tried both with and without :P )


anyway, i seem to have gotten it... it says it's extracting files, anyway. i would up leaving OUT the one command everyone said was mandatory (the temp directory) and boom, there it goes... whatever. i can't believe i tried what 20 experts said... and it was my own uneducated guess that got it to work. *sigh*

i hate computers... and i hate you computer-people just as much :P ;)

anyway... thank you all, as always :)

[Markel]

Are you actually typing the < and >? Don't do that if you are
...and don't try making a career out of reading BNF. :heh:

[MIChiefGCB]

I have read this thread with a lot of interest since I am experiencing the exact same problems right now. Are any of you guys still monitoring this thread so I can ask a couple of questions? I'm fighting with fastconv right now and there are some files in my .dat files that I need desperately. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Jeffbx]

Fire away... I'm sure someone will take a crack at it.

BTW, first step is always make sure you're logged in as local admin!