Where to download “where.exe” tool for Windows XP?

Question

I'm looking for a link to download where.exe tool for Windows XP. It looks like this tool should be included in Windows 2000 Resource Kit but I can't find any links to download this Resource Kit. I also checked Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools and Windows XP Service Pack 2 Support Tools but neither of them has where.exe according to the list of contents.

Answer 1

After much Googling, I found all versions of where.exe available as below

where.exe for Windows 2000 -- Pick ‘Windows 2003 32bit sp2 SE’ at dllexedown.com (URL below)

" " for Windows XP-7 -- Pick matching download at this same URL, below:

http://tinyurl.com/686vhfh

where /? tells you all you need to know.

The downloaded where.exe can go anywhere in %path%. If you download it to N:\some_folder add N:\some_folder to path, like this: N:\some_folder>path %cd%;%path% [ENTER]

Edit: Re. start /max cmd /k to ‘spawn’ a window with new %path% for where.exe --

Grab the ‘/max’ window with the mouse and its height shrinks to normal! But if instead one does this: hold down ALT, tap spacebar, release ALT, tap ‘m’, tap an arrow one or more times:[ENT]: then the newly spawned ‘/max’ window will stay ‘maxxed.’

Edit: Re. using where.exe in N:\some_folder

The resulting %path% (display by echo %path%) applies only to the CMD window where the specified path %cd%;%path% command is executed -- and to any more CMD windows which one ‘spawns’ from that same CMD window after setting the new %path%. I like to ‘spawn’ another CMD window like this:

start /max cmd /k

because the resulting large window does a good job at displaying such console applications (freeware) as the VDE Editor (similar to WordStar) or Nano. Before I spawn a new CMD, I first set CMD font to e.g. Lucida Console or (Win 7) Consolas 22, Buffer size to 999 and tick Quick Edit Mode.

Answer 2

where.exe used to be included with Windows Resource Kits, but has been removed after inclusion to Windows Server 2003 (the OS). It's also part of Visual Studio SDK.