help - cant get to square 0

i downloaded torque from cvs some weeks ago. since then ive moved and had to reinstall w2k several times, so i dont know if ive accidentally deleted files or what. i do know that when i go to the command prompt and type torqueDemo in the torque\example directory, i get "this is not a recognized command" or whatever. i would redownload to make sure i have everything i need, but im now on 56k and dont want to wait unless i have to. the problem is ive never been able to do anything with it except stare at all the pretty new folders that i have no idea how to use. anyone have any advice? torque seems to be really hard to start with if youre a lamer like me :).