----- Original Message ---- > From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 6, 2008 3:27:10 PM > Subject: Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME? > > anadem wrote: > > > > > I didn't mean that %HOMEDRIVE% and %HOMEPATH% are not set (not sure if you > > think that's what I meant) -- those two plus %HOME% all show up in > > System->Advanced->Environment Variables. The first two are normal Windows > > vars, and it's only %HOME% I'm trying to eliminate. > > Yep, that's what I meant too. > > > If %HOME% is deleted from System->Advanced->Environment Variables it > > automagically reappears after a reboot, presumably courtesy of MKS but it's > > not obvious how it's restored nor how to get rid of it. > > Hm, I hadn't noticed that myself but then again I'm not trying to run Cygwin > on the machines which have MKS (unfortunately). Beyond uninstalling MKS, I > don't know what would help here either. I'm not a MKS guru. ;-) > >
IIRC, MKS installs a startup program in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and/or HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run that tries to 'fix' your environment on every time the machine is started. It's been a long time since I had MKS installed though, and my memory's not what it used to be... --Rick -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
