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Re: Modifying Initial Path Setting

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  • Subject: [mg9452] Re: Modifying Initial Path Setting
  • From: "P.J. Hinton" <paulh>
  • Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 02:40:00 -0500
  • Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
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JOHN C ERB wrote:
 
> how can I modify the default path when I start up Mathematica 3.0 under
> Windows 95
> 
> I would like to add the path to my notebook directory. I assume I need
> to stick
>      AppendTo[$Path, "D:\\Program Files\\Mathematica 3\\notebooks"];
> somewhere

Under Windows 95, you can add this command to the file:

[top level Mathematica directory]\Configuration\Kernel\init.m

where [top level Mathematica directory] is replaced with the drive and
path that you chose to install Mathematica 3.0 to.

If you don't want to mess with files in the primary Mathematica
installation, you can create a Kernel folder in

Program Files\Common Files\Mathematica\3.0

and put the command you list above in a text file called "init.m".

When the kernel launches, both the shared and private init.m files are
processed, with settings in the private file overriding the  shared
file.

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P.J. Hinton	
Mathematica Programming Group           paulh at wolfram.com Wolfram
Research, Inc.                  http://www.wolfram.com/~paulh/


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