>>*sigh*, What ever happened to the days of
>>AUTOEXEC.BAT..
>>Those days were so lovely in comparison :-)
No they weren't. That's just nostalgia talking... :)
Use PATHMAN from the ResKit to change the path, or read the whole path
(from the registry) append or pre-pend the path you want, then write
it back.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Adam Smith
>Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 8:28 PM
>To: NT 2000 Discussions
>Subject: System Profile Path
>
>
>
>
>Hello,
>
>Using R: for our Resources drive, I have created a directory called
>SYSTEM, inside of which is a directory named PATH
>(R:\SYSTEM\PATH). The
>idea behind it is that I would like to use this directory as
>a central
>location for putting network utilities, similar to the days
>of DOS when
>everybody had a directory in their path called C:\UTILS.
>
>The idea was that this directory would be added to a users PATH
>statement so that if required they or I would be able to
>drop to a shell
>and easily run something. I guess its kind of like the good old
>F:\LOGIN or F:\PUBLIC directory you'd see on a Netware LAN.
>
>The problem is, Windows 2000 is so inflexible that it I am finding it
>very difficult to update a users PATH variable. I had a look at the
>SETX utility, however the "SETX PATH -m
>R:\SYSTEM\PATH\;%PATH%" command
>does not work. The manual says the utility will not work for the
>current CMD session, so if I start another I can see that my path has
>not changed.
>
>I do not want to rewrite the entire path statement because I
>do not want
>Applications that have amended the path to lose their paths.
> And if the
>path remains permanent, I assume that R:\SYSTEM\PATH will
>just get added
>over and over at that rate.
>
>
>I guess what I'm *really* saying is I want a Windows 2000 machine to
>have R:\SYSTEM\PATH added to their current path statement.
>Efficiently.
>
>
>*sigh*, What ever happened to the days of AUTOEXEC.BAT..
>Those days were
>so lovely in comparison :-)
>
>
>
>
>Adam Smith
>IT Officer
>SAGE Automation Ltd
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://www.sageautomation.com
>
>
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