Hi Nick, Thanks for the remark. Since starting Root under Windows seems to be a common theme, I have added this info to the download pages: http://root.cern.ch/root/Version225.html http://root.cern.ch/root/Version300.html Rene Brun Nick van Eijndhoven wrote: > > Dear Sajan, > Here is the configuration I use : > > c:\root is the directory where all the root stuff resides. > > In my autoexec.bat I set the following environment variables : > > set TEMP=c:\temp > set HOME=c:\nick > set TMPDIR=c:\temp > set ROOTSYS=c:\root > set PATH=%PATH%;%ROOTSYS%\bin > > Before trying things out, you have to restart your system. > > If you then put in the $HOME directory the files rootlogon.C, rootlogoff.C > rootalias.C and .rootrc these files will then be used by default when you > start up a root session. However, if a modified copy of one of these files > resides in your current working directory, root takes that version. > To start a ROOT session, just open a DOS box and type root. > Hope this helps you in getting started. > > Cheers, > Nick. > > -- > Dr. Nick van Eijndhoven mailto:nick@phys.uu.nl http://www.phys.uu.nl/~nick > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Org.: Utrecht University/Nikhef, Department of Subatomic Physics > Address: P.O. Box 80.000, NL-3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands > Phone: +31-30-2532331(direct) +31-30-2531492(secr.) Fax: +31-30-2518689 > NIKHEF: +31-20-5922028(direct) +31-20-5922000(secr.) Fax: +31-20-5925155 > CERN: +41-22-7679751(direct) +41-22-7675857(secr.) Fax: +41-22-7679480 > Offices: Buys Ballot lab. 710 (Utrecht) H350 (Nikhef) B23 1-020 (CERN) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ================ Original message =================== > Dear Sir, > I have been trying to run ROOT on a windows NT and windows95 system > which are on the cern NICE network. > > On the NT,I am unable to make it execute the > macro files (.C ) files which are in my private directory. The only way > I can run ROOT is by clicking the button on root.exe and not by typing > from the command prompt. > Could you advice me on how to setup the pathnames correctly for > NT and for w95, please. We looked through the ROOT web pages and > even our system manager has difficulty in figuring this out. > I have the pro verson of ROOT and the version 6.0 of the Visual Studio. > > Thanks and regards, > Sajan.Easo@cern.ch
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