Question: <http://www.boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/installation.html> 

Tried following those instructions, but they do not work.

What I did:

Open cmd.exe;
cd C:\BoostBuild\boost-build
.\bootstrap.bat

What I get:

C:\BoostBuild\boost-build>.\bootstrap.bat
'.\bootstrap.bat' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Answer: 
You do not need the .\ portion, that's a unix reference that refers to a file in the same folder.

```
launch CMD.exe
CD C:\BoostBuild\boost-build  <press-enter>
bootstrap <press-enter>

```

is the right way to do this from DOS/CMD.

Edit referring to the comment:

What you're doing is chaining the commands accidentally, try this:

```
<Run> CMD <press enter.
<type> CD c:\boostbuild\boost-build <press enter>
<type> bootstrap <press enter>

```

If that worked correctly then after typing the 2nd line above. the prompt C:\Users\Furiosity\ should have changed to C:\BoostBuild\bood-build
For me the problem was that after I unzipped the boost, the window defender removed the bootstrap.bat from the "c:\boost\" directory. And for that reason I was looking all over the internet to find out why that file doesn't exist or how this file might be created. I excluded the path from windows defender's searching path, there it was. To run it you have to have admin access (at least in my case).