Changing current directory under SQL plus

Can someone please tell me how I change the current directory under SQL Plus? I'm trying to run the nisetup.sql for XMLNEWS application in Oracle's sample application. I tried @"D:\Downloaded Files\XMLNEWSDIR\nisetup.sql", but, that doesn't work.
Can anyone help me on this?
TIA,
A

> I do not know of any way to change the default directory once SQL*Plus is running.
One very late response, but... I have been using the Windows GUI version of SQl Plus (SqlplusW.exe) for years and I change the default directory all the time. Here is how:
Use the File, Open pull-down menu dialog, and navigate to the folder you want. Then, select one of the files in that directory. I keep a file named 0~A.sql in each folder where I use SQL Plus for that purpose. It contains only comments, something like:
--SET ECHO ONOnce I open such a file, all the START commands run scripts in that folder.
Now... since the Windows version of SQL Plus has been deprecated, how in the world can I do the same thing in the DOS command window version of SQL Plus?
Why in the world doesn't Oracle provide such an obviously useful feature???

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