Restore windows registry file load the hive from file and copy the path. I done similar tasks with uses .dat registry file to or update it.
Useful source. http://www.poremsky.com/windows/how-to-open-a-registry-file-from-a-crashed-computer/ On Fri, Nov 20, 2015, 6:05 AM Gavin Wilby <[email protected]> wrote: > As far as I know all a path does is allows EXE's to run without having to > enter the full directory path to the executable. > > Isn’t this as simple as finding out what now doesn’t work, then adding the > path variable. > > C:\mydir\myapp\myapp.exe > > Add c:\mydir to your path? > > And most apps will be in %programfiles% in any case. > > Gavin Wilby > IT Support Engineer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Leone > Sent: 20 November 2015 13:39 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] Where is the "path" variable stored, need to restore > just that > > I had the strangest restore request I've ever gotten. Somehow, one of my > developers screwed up the "path" on one of our servers, and now (they say) > the "path" is empty. And that is causing problems (we use PeopleSoft, which > apparently needs to find things through the path, as many applications do > (or did)). > > No, I have no idea how they did that. Or why (well, I do know why - they > thought they were fixing some problem or other. But they just made things > exponentially worse) > > But now, if I go to that Win2008 R2 VM, and bring up a command prompt, the > "path" just shows as "C;\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin". And nothing else. > > I recommended going through the list of installed program locations, and > adding those to the path. This was rejected. They think they might miss > something that way ... > > Where exactly is the path stored? Used to be, it was in the autoexec.bat. > And so I could restore an earlier version of that file, and fix it from > that. But that doesn't exist anymore, right? Isn't the path constructed > from the registry on boot these days? From here: > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session > Manager\Environment > > > What I don't want to do: > Perform a full BMR restore to a new VM (I don't want to take a chance with > screwing up the current VM, even as crippled as it is); boot the new VM > (presuming that it boots); read the path from there. > > (we use EMC Networker for backup, BTW) > > I don't think it's possible to restore just a specific hive from a > registry, and then read it, correct? I'd need to restore the whole VM. > > How would I even set the path, once I did know it? I know how to set it > via a GUI, after logging in as a specific user. But will that set it for > every user who logs in to the server? It should, right? > > > > SMP Partners Limited, SMP Trustees Limited and SMP Fund Services Limited > are licensed by the Isle of Man Financial Services Authority. SMP > Accounting & Tax Limited is a member of the ICAEW Practice Assurance Scheme. > > SMP Partners Limited registered in the Isle of Man, Company Registration > No: 000908V > Directors: M.W. Denton, M.J. Derbyshire, S.E McGowan, O. Peck, J.J. Scott, > S.J. Turner > > SMP Trustees Limited registered in the Isle of Man, Company Registration > No: 068396C > Directors: A.C. Baggesen, J.M. Cubbon, M.W. Denton, K.M. Goldie, O Peck, > J. Watterson > > SMP Fund Services Limited registered in the Isle of Man, Company > Registration No: 120288C > Directors: V. Campbell, R.K. Corkhill, M.W. Denton, D.A. Manser, S.E > McGowan, J.J. Scott > > SMP Accounting & Tax Limited registered in the Isle of Man, Company > Registration No: 001316V > Directors: I.F. Begley, A.J. Dowling, P. Duchars, J.J. Scott, S.J. Turner > > SMP Capital Markets Limited registered in the Isle of Man, Company > Registration No: 002438V > Directors: M.W. Denton, M.J. Derbyshire, D.F Hudson, S.E McGowan, O. Peck. > > SMP Partners Limited, SMP Trustees Limited, SMP Fund Services Limited, SMP > Accounting & Tax Limited and SMP Capital Markets Limited are members of the > SMP Partners Group of Companies. > > This email is confidential and is subject to disclaimers. Details can be > found at: http://www.smppartners.com/disclaimer.asp > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com > ______________________________________________________________________ >
