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Rick Rankin wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) <rxxx AT yyy>
>> To: xxx AT yyy
>> Sent: Friday, June 6, 2008 3:27:10 PM
>> Subject: Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME?
>>
>> anadem wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> I didn't mean that %HOMEDRIVE% and %HOMEPATH% are not set (not sure if you
>>> think that's what I meant) -- those two plus %HOME% all show up in
>>> System->Advanced->Environment Variables. The first two are normal Windows
>>> vars, and it's only %HOME% I'm trying to eliminate.
>> Yep, that's what I meant too.
>>
>>> If %HOME% is deleted from System->Advanced->Environment Variables it
>>> automagically reappears after a reboot, presumably courtesy of MKS but it's
>>> not obvious how it's restored nor how to get rid of it.
>> Hm, I hadn't noticed that myself but then again I'm not trying to run Cygwin
>> on the machines which have MKS (unfortunately).  Beyond uninstalling MKS, I
>> don't know what would help here either.  I'm not a MKS guru. ;-)
>>
>>
> 
> IIRC, MKS installs a startup program in
> 
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
> 
> and/or
> 
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
> 
> that tries to 'fix' your environment on every time the machine is
> started.  It's been a long time since I had MKS installed though, and my
> memory's not what it used to be...

Looks like it's not that bad. ;-)  I looked and found a likely value down
the first path - NuTCSetupEnviron.  I'd bet if the OP removed this value,
HOME (and other usurped environment variables) would stay unset for good
when changed in the environment.  Didn't try it myself.  I can't really
muck with the machines with MKS that I have access to.

-- 
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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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