On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Vladimir Panteleev < vladi...@thecybershadow.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:58:08 +0300, Brad Anderson <e...@gnuk.net> wrote: > > there is no way (that I know of) to look at what your PATH was before it >> was destroyed and the PATH is often updated by installers (as it is with >> dmd). >> > > If you haven't rebooted your machine yet - Windows stores a backup copy of > the system registry hives for the "last known good configuration" boot > feature. These copies are stored in C:\Windows\Repair (XP and before) or > C:\Windows\System32\config\**RegBack (Vista and after). You will not be > able to access these files directly, though - you'll need to use a tool or > risk a poweroff and boot from another OS. Once you have a readable copy, you > can "mount" the hives to an empty key in your registry with RegEdit. PATH is > located at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\**CurrentControlSet\Control\**Session > Manager\Environment (though you won't see CurrentControlSet in the mounted > hive, it's a symbolic link of sorts to one of the ControlSetXXX keys). > -- > Best regards, > Vladimir > mailto:vladimir@**thecybershadow.net<vladi...@thecybershadow.net> > I'll try this. Thanks for the tip. Regards Brad Anderson