34       Mercurial command is called <tt>hg.exe</tt>.  To run this

    34       Mercurial command is called <tt>hg.exe</tt>.</p>

    35       command, the install directory must be in your search path.</p>

    36 

    37     <h2>Setting your search path temporarily</h2>

    38 

    39     <p>To set your search path temporarily, type the following into a

    40       command prompt window:</p>

    41 

    42     <pre>

    43 set PATH=C:\Mercurial;%PATH%

    44 </pre>

    45 

    46     <h2>Setting your search path permanently</h2>

    47 

    48     <p>To set your search path permanently, perform the following

    49       steps.  These instructions are for Windows NT, 2000 and XP.</p>

    50 

    51     <ol>

    52       <li>Open the Control Panel.  Under Windows XP, select the

    53 	"Classic View".</li>

    54 

    55       <li>Double-click on the "System" control panel.</li>

    56 

    57       <li>Click on the "Advanced" tab.</li>

    58 

    59       <li>Click on "Environment Variables".  You'll find this near the

    60 	bottom of the window.</li>

    61 

    62       <li>Under "System variables", you will see "Path".  Double-click

    63 	it.</li>

    64 

    65       <li>Edit "Variable value".  Each path element is separated by a

    66 	semicolon (";") character.  Append a semicolon to the end of the

    67 	list, followed by the path where you installed Mercurial

    68 	(e.g. <tt>C:\Mercurial</tt>).</li>

    69 

    70       <li>Click on the various "OK" buttons until you've completely

    71 	exited from the System control panel.</li>

    72 

    73       <li>Log out and log back in, or restart your system.</li>

    74 

    75       <li>The next time you run the Windows command prompt, you will be

    76 	able to run the <tt>hg</tt> command without any special

    77 	help.</li>

    78     </ol>