This is stupid...workbench command urgently needed....

[Bildheinze]

this is really stupid...was just playing around after succesfully installing my idefix express....

went to the presets...for the piktogramms for the drives....and made them all invisible....don't ask me why i don't know...

so now i'm left with only the workench thing on top and can'get into any of the drives or programms....

which command can i use in the workbench command box...to get into any of the drives?

this is really dumb :roll:  :roll:  :roll:

[davideo]

Bildheinze wrote:
this is really stupid...was just playing around after succesfully installing my idefix express....

went to the presets...for the piktogramms for the drives....and made them all invisible....don't ask me why i don't know...

so now i'm left with only the workench thing on top and can'get into any of the drives or programms....

which command can i use in the workbench command box...to get into any of the drives?

this is really dumb :roll:  :roll:  :roll:

CD changes to a directory of your choice

DIR lists the files in the directory

Dave G  8-)

[amiga_3k]

Use info for an overview of all available drives (including aliases).

Then, changing to a drive can be done by simply typing the name of the drive (for instance system:  or work:) followed by enter. CD is not neccasary for jumping to a drive or alias.

[Bildheinze]

tried it but


with info it lists my drives....the one i wanna get into is system:presets..there i wanna change the piktograms again to make my drives visible............but when i type in system:it doesn't go anywhere i still get a blank desktop.... :-?

[davideo]

Bildheinze wrote:
tried it but


with info it lists my drives....the one i wanna get into is system:presets..there i wanna change the piktograms again to make my drives visible............but when i type in system:it doesn't go anywhere i still get a blank desktop.... :-?

System: is normally your boot drive, i.e. DH0: IDH0: Workbench: etc

Dave G  8-)

[Bildheinze]

yeah that is my boot drive...System it's called ....do i type it in with a new command window opened?

[davideo]

Bildheinze wrote:
yeah that is my boot drive...System it's called ....do i type it in with a new command window opened?

A daft question/statement - have you got a command window open already?

And yes an Amiga normally needs a comand window open for you to type in instructions.

Dave G  8-)

[Bildheinze]

yes i got the window open...this is the only thing i can open at the moment....then when i type info...it shows all the drives available....when i type in system: nothing happens...then i opened a new command window and typed system:    then the command window dissapears ..but nothing on the scrren except the "toolbar" on top   ..i'm lost.this is weird

[meega]

The conventional shorthand for the boot device, whatever it may be, hard disk, floppy, whatever, is SYS:

[davideo]

meega wrote:
The conventional shorthand for the boot device, whatever it may be, hard disk, floppy, whatever, is SYS:

So to get to presets you need to type in the following

Sys:Prefs/Presets

and that should get you in the right place

Dave G  8-)

[Bildheinze]

ok.... sys: does the same as when i type  system:(Which is the boot drive"...i think i need to get straight to the presets on the boot drive ...to change the piktograms to be seen again..

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[Lemmink]

I guess you all ovesee the obvious here ;-)

Select execute command
Type in    cli
A DOS shell like window will open.

there you should try  sys:prefs/workbench   (not sute about the exact path but you can look for yourself)

[meega]

Don't use the "Execute a command" menu option (if that is what you are doing), open a Shell window and do it from there.

Use Execute a command and type "SYS:System/CLI" and then proceed.

[Boot_WB]

Try this:
1) Boot from a workbench floppy disk. You should now be able to see all the drives on your desktop.
2) Navigate to the hard drive on which your system is installed. Go to prefs/env-archive/sys/ drawer
3) Rename workbench.prefs to old_workbench.prefs
4) Remove the floppy drive and reboot form the hard drive (perform a cold reboot by switching off, waiting 30 seconds, then switching back on).

Should be back to default.

Regards



Rich

PS Don't panic (Mr Mannering!). God, I hate Dad's army, but its influence is ubiquitous in British humour. :-P

[meega]

I advise against calling your boot device "System", for obvious reasons...

a) There is normally a drawer inside SYS: that is already called System (you'll find Format in there, amongst a few other things)

b) If you try fiddling with the Resident command, you will find that there is a part of the internals called SYSTEM

This makes for possible confusion, at least for me if not for the machine. That is why I don't like naming a drive "System:" as I don't like the idea of having to type "System:System/command"  :lol: