title: Setting up a basic Yii application
body: <p>Im new to Yii frame work and im on their website and im trying to get my first application working.</p>
  
  <p>from this link <a href="http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/1.1/en/quickstart.first-app" rel="nofollow">http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/1.1/en/quickstart.first-app</a> they are asking me to type <code>% YiiRoot/framework/yiic webapp WebRoot/testdrive</code> into the command prompt</p>
  
  <p>Yii root is at this directory: <code>E:\Documents\Webdesign\htdocs\yii\</code></p>
  
  <p>when i type this </p>
  
  <pre><code>  % E:\Documents\Webdesign\htdocs\yii\framework/yiic webapp     
    E:\Documents\Webdesign\htdocs/testdrive
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>into the cmd i get </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>'%' is not recognised as a internal or external command, operable program or batch file.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>What could be the problem?
  can any body help me to get this working?</p>