Using the command window to convert LaTeX to HTML [closed]

Question

I am trying to convert a LaTeX file to HTML. I have tried to do this by typing cmd into the search bar of the START menu. When the black background box comes up, I type in htlatex filename.tex where instead of filename I write the name of the file. It then comes up,

I can't find file filename.
Please type another input file name.

I am using MiKTeX and Windows 7.

Answer 1

You need to change to the folder containing filename.tex before executing htlatex filename.tex. Under Windows, this can be achieved using

cd path\to\the\folder

You can either use backslashes \ or forward slashes /. If your path contains spaces, you can either use TAB to let Windows auto-complete a partially completed folder name (that is, you type cd Docu and press TAB and Windows will auto-complete this to cd "Documents and Settings"), or use quotes to denote the folder names, for example

cd "Documents and Settings\Users\XYZ\Documents\My Documents"

Once in the correct folder, use

htlatex filename.tex