From: "A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT c-o-r-n-e-l-l DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: changing "path" in Xp messes with something?!
Date: 23 Dec 2002 12:50:34 GMT
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shayoom AT hotmail DOT com (Jonquil) wrote in news:63b211f7.0212230422.223fb924
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> Windows Xp wants PATH to point to:
> %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\wbem
> 
> so i will need to have a variable PATH that will point to both::
>  c:\djgpp\bin;%PATH% and
> %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\wbem

please read my message again. 

you need to add to the value of the variable, not replace it.

if you choose to edit the system level PATH variable, the value of your 
PATH variable should be:

c:\djgpp\bin;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32
\wbem

> now, i have it to what windows wants, so, my rhide wont open.
> is it possible for a variable to have two paths??
> if yes, how can i do that? otherwise, how can we run RHIDE in an Xp os
> without messing with the system itself?

for illustration, here are the contents of my PATH:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\1.3\lib;C:\djgpp\bin;C:\Perl\bin;C:
\php;C:\Python;C:\jdk\bin;C:\Tcl\bin;C:\gs\gs7.04\bin;C:\gs\gs7.04\lib;C:
\Vim\vim61;C:\tex\bin\win32;C:\util;C:\util\im;C:\jakarta\ant\bin;C:
\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\cygwin\bin;C:
\cygwin\sbin;C:\cygwin\usr\bin;C:\cygwin\usr\sbin;C:\cygwin\usr\local
\bin;C:\cygwin\usr\local\sbin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adaptec 
Shared\System

as you can see, it is possible for PATH to contain multiple directories.

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