What process calls it? Why not call it using the fully qualified path?

%ProgramFile%\misc\fsum.exe

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"Dick Watson" wrote:
> I'm trying to add an external command line utility (fsum.exe from
> slavasoft) to a WinXP system but do not want to just dump the executable
> in %SystemRoot%\system32 for reasons of traceability as to how all of the
> add-in stuff like this got on the system. But I also don't want to add
> %ProgramFile%\misc\fsum (wherein I document the source of the code, etc)
> to the system environment path in order to avoid the path getting any more
> out of hand than it already is and to avoid adding lots of directories
> (where anything will be run from) to the path when I just want to be able
> to find one specific executable.
>
> I've tried creating a .lnk in %SystemRoot%, but cmd doesn't follow these.
> I've tried registering
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\App
> Paths\fsum.exe with a default REG_EXPANS_SZ pointing to the executable,
> but cmd also appears to ignore these.
>
> What is the "best practice" way to get a specific external command in the
> path? Just put a copy of the executable in %SystemRoot% or
> %SystemRoot%\system32?
>