Using STk in Microsoft Windows

1. Download STkwin32-4.0.1.zip (class webpage -- Help -- Working remotely)

   

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2. Unzip the file to a directory

   

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3. Identify the directory where STk.exe is

   

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4. Add the directory where STk.exe is to your environment so that you can run STk anywhere

   For Windows 2000/XP, right-click on My Computer then choose Properties
   Click on Advanced tab then Environment Variables

   

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5. Click on PATH variable, Click Edit and add the directory where STk.exe is to the end of Variable value (paths are separated by a semi-colon)
   Notice that I mistyped the path, it should have been D:\school\cs1901\STk-win32\MS-Win32

   

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6. Open a DOS window (Start -- Run -- type cmd), go to your lab directory. To create a new file or to modify an existing file, type edit filename

   

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7. Edit the file

   

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8. Type path at the DOS prompt to see if the directory where STk.exe is is included in the PATH variable.

   

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9. Type stk at the DOS prompt to start the STk console in the current directory.
   You can now load any scheme files and test.