FYI, I've just installed mspgcc on 3 different win 2000 machines and am fairly certain that this had "corrupted" my system path. The nature of this corruption is to cause %SystemRoot% not to be expanded any more, ie:
PATH=%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem Should read: PATH=C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem So, I think the windows installation of mspgcc changed the Path variable in: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment from REG_EXPAND_SZ to REG_SZ. If so, this change prevents %SystemRoot% from being expanded to C:\WINNT and thus stuffs up the path... If you suffer this problem, the work around appears to be editing your path in: My Computer | Properties | Advanced | Environment Variables | System Variables This activity will restore Path to REG_EXPAND_SZ. You'll need to close and re-open any command windows to see the change. Perhaps the next release of the windows installer can fix this problem - if there is one? Cheers, Rich.
