I'm happy to see that the Csound5beta installer handles the PATH and
environment variables for XP automatically - no user intervention normally
required. One of the reasons why installers are so important for beginners.

Thanks, Dave, for reminding me of the "new XP way" of dealing with PATH and
environment (I'd read that somewhere - probably on this list - and
forgotten). Since the installer deals with these items automatically, it is
perhaps not crucial that detailed instructions appear in the reference
manual - though it might be a helpful addition to the *readme* file in the
distribution (which, as it stands, only refers you back to the general
statement in the manual).

My strong suggestion still remains to move the "offending" 4 DLL's somewhere
else to avoid the "error" popups. (Another item to be added to the "anything
to make Csound less difficult and confusing for beginners" category.

(And I'm not really that much of a beginner . . . though often I feel like
one.)

Art Hunkins

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Seidel" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Csnd] Csound5beta Install Error - WinXP


> Art,
>
> To do this on XP, go to the Control Panel and click the System icon (in
> the Performance and Maintenance category).  Then go to the Advanced tab
> and click the Environment Variables button.
>
> - Dave
>
> Art Hunkins wrote:
> > Also, I'd like to see installation/configuration info for XP added to
the
> > manual; there is none. Specifically, how do you set PATH and environment
> > variables in XP; there is no longer an autoexec.bat in XP. (Thankfully,
this
> > info is not required for basic configuration - though if you have UDO's
> > you'd run into an issue right away.)
> >
> > Art Hunkins
>
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