Okay, i read the tutorial of how to compile a map. Command prompt eh? How does that work? When i open it its just got

C/Users/(my name)

and i can't do any thing else except delete whatever i type
and the tutorial is so...undetailed
i need to no how to go to the main halo directory or wotever its called

take a look at this:

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=2473

Cheers mr reaper

but what does the last line of his text say/mean?

now u go a working tool

?

when i go into tool it just opens and closes still
so is there something else that needs to be typed in or...something???

you need to run tool using the command prompt.
basically, find cmd.exe in your windows' system32 folder, copy and paste it into your HEK installation folder.

whenever you need to run tool, just run the cmd.exe in your HEK folder, then type in "tool xxxxx", where the xxxxx refers to any commands you want, and without the quotes.

and what commands would i be wanting?

YOu can also just type tool instead of tool.exe as command prompt will search for any batch or .exe files by that name.