The computer wasn't crashed, it booted just fine. None of the applications worked, because the path was screwed up.
On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 9:11 AM, CESAR.ABREG0 . <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> ______________________________________________________________________
