On Jan 21, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
>
> --- David Parman wrote:
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>> I am trying to run Octave on Windows XP. I had previously run QtOctave
>> (PortableApps version) and it worked Ok. Later I installed Octave 3.2.3 and
>> it also worked Ok. Now today for some reason Octave 3.2.3 has it in its head
>> that the default paths should point to a non-existent drive
>> (D:\qtoctave\...). I don't know how it got that way, I can't find any files
>> on my hard disk that have that path as text in them, and I can't find how to
>> set the default paths back to the right place on C. I tried
>> path(genpath(<path to my Octave 3.2.3/.../share root>) but get error that
>> it can't find 'find'.
>>
>> I tried re-installing Octave 3.2.3, still the same problem. I tried running
>> QtOctave and now it too comes up with the same non-existent path. How can I
>> fix this?
>>
>> --
>>
>> "The cost of a thing is the amount of life which is required to be exchanged
>> for it" -- Thoreau
>
> Hello
>
> It is possible that .octavetrc remains in your Home directory (folder) and path setting might be done
> in it.
>
> Please execute the following example
>
> octave:15> tilde_expand('~')
> ans = D:\usr\Tatsu
> octave:16> dir D:\usr\Tatsu\.octaverc
> .octaverc
> octave:17> edit D:\usr\Tatsu\.octaverc
>
> If '.octaverc' does not exit, I have no idea at the moment
>
> *tilde_expand('~') reveals the HOME directory is your setting.
> According ans = (PATH name), you should modify the above.
>
> Regards
>
> Tatsuro
>