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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:11:07 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: fergus AT bonhard DOT uklinux DOT net
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Subject: Re: PATH: getting the order right
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 fergus AT bonhard DOT uklinux DOT net wrote:

> I like putting c:\;c:\Cygwin\bin;c:\Cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin before
> c:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem in my Windows path.
> For the first tine I am using a computer that is administered by somebody
> else (I hate this more than I can say) and in My Computer -> Properties ->
> Advanced -> Environment variables I find the System-defined  path (what I
> want to come 2nd) necessarly precedes the User-defined path. Can anybody
> help me fix this ordering? Thank you. Fergus

Either use bash or create a batch file and set the PATH there...  E.g.,

CygCmd.bat:
	@echo off
	set PATH=c:\;c:\Cygwin\bin;c:\Cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin;%PATH%
	cd %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
	%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe

HTH,
	Igor
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