In Environment Variables, there is a User Variable called "path" that I've put the following pathname in: C:\Documents and Settings\david\My Documents\Programs\GREP The executable I want to use is GREP32.EXE, but I want to create an alias for it called "grep" that is permanent, without having to install anything or run a special program. Is there a way to do this in WinXP?

This is the strangeness I encounter: Z:\>set grep=GREP32.EXE Z:\>GREP32.EXEgrep32 8.0 Copyright 1986-2005 Oak Road Systems http://oakroadsystems.comPlease buy the registered version at http://oakroadsystems.com/sharware/grep user alert: nothing on command line Please check the user guide, or type 'grep /? | more' for instant help. Z:\>echo %grep%GREP32.EXE Z:\>grep'grep' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file.