OK. but before, usual warning, be careful while making changes to windows
registry. a small wrong modification to registry may lead to fatal error in
system functionality.
follow these steps
1. add your desired folder to the path variable as explained by Vivek.
2. open registry editor by typing "regedit" in run dialog.
3. move down to following key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SYSTEM
CurrentControlSet
Control
Session Manager
Environment
4. press F6 to switch to right pane containing the values.
5. select "path" in the values list and hit enter. a dialog box opens with
the value text highlighted. make sure not to delete this by typing any
character. here your folder name will be there in the text string as you
entered in step 1. you can also add your folder here. just type your desired
path prefixed by a semicolon at the end and press enter to close the dialog.
press F6 to go back to tree view of registry keys. if you have already added
your folder in step 1, you can skip this and the previous step.
6. with the environment key selected, press either Alt + F to open file menu
or application key to open context menu.
7. press E to select "export" option. the export registry file dialog opens.
8. in the file name box, type desired name for your .reg file such as
AddMyFolderToSystemPath and press enter to save your .reg file in the
default save location.
9. open the folder where you have saved your .reg file, select that file and
press application key to open context menu.
10. select edit option and press enter. the file opens in notepad. it starts
with the following lines
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Environment]
11. below these lines, there will be several lines including the one which
starts with"path"=... delete all those lines except the one which starts
with "path" and delete all the blank lines between these lines and the
registry key said above.
12. save and close the file. now your file is ready. if you re-install your
windows, you can just press enter on that file to add your folder to path
variable instead of following all those steps. you can also use this file on
other computers to add the same path in those computers to their path
variable.
Umesha
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shankar" <harshalgip...@gmail.com>
To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Wednesday, 18 April, 2012 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] Knowledge Sharing: Time to Run!
Dear umesh, please send the prosiger to get the regedit key
-----Original message-----
From: Umesha Economics
Sent: 18/04/2012, 6:25 am
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: Re: [AI] Knowledge Sharing: Time to Run!
this setting can also be backed up through registry key (.reg file) and
easily apply after re-formatting.
Umesha
----- Original Message -----
From: "Singhal, Vivek" <singha...@indianoil.in>
To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Tuesday, 17 April, 2012 4:52 PM
Subject: [AI] Knowledge Sharing: Time to Run!
Dear List members,
I was going thru the email on the subject matter and was thrilled to see
the vast amount of potential this technique was to offer to all computer
users. But the idea of putting shortcuts in system32 folder does not
sound
very encouraging to me. On the contrary I feel scared whenever I am
asked
to do anything in system32 folder as this is the location where all the
system related files are kept and deletion or renaming of any file may
cause fatal error in the computer. So I did some research on the reason
for putting the shortcut files in system32 by the author. I am happy to
inform you that reasons for running of the shortcut from run command is
attributed to a system variable called "PATH". This system variable
basically stores the address of various directories where computer or OS
is supposed to look when it encounters any command in run box. E.g. Type
"notepad" to open notepad or type "winword" to open MS Word etc. So
instead of changing the entries in system32 folder it is recommended to
create any ordinary folder in C drive or any other drive on your computer
and store all shortcuts created in this ordinary folder. For e.g. you can
create a folder called "Happy" in C drive and add this directory / folder
to "PATH" system variable. Subsequently you can place all your shortcuts
in "Happy" folder without touching system32 folder. Given below is a
short procedure to be followed for changing the "PATH" variable in Win
XXP
/ Win7
Q. How to set the path and environment variables in Windows.
Answer
Windows Vista and Windows 7 users
1.From the Desktop, right-click My Computer and click Properties.
2.Click Advanced System Settings link in the left column.
3.In the System Properties window click the Environment Variables button.
Windows 2000 and Windows XP users
1.From the Desktop, right-click My Computer and click Properties.
2.In the System Properties window, click on the Advanced tab.
3.In the Advanced section, click the Environment Variables button.
4.Finally, in the Environment Variables window, highlight the Path
variable in the Systems Variable section and click the Edit button. Add
or
modify the path lines with the paths you wish the computer to access.
Each
different directory is separated with a semicolon.
C:\Program Files;C:\Winnt;C:\Winnt\System32
You can append "c:\happy" to the already existing text in PATH system
variable and do not forget to put a semicolon prior to C:\happy.
I hope our esteemed list members find the above useful. Please feel free
to write back for any clarifications.
Regards,
Vivek
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