RE: how can I stop Windows setting HOME?

2008-06-07 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
From: Adam Thompson wrote >2008/6/7 anadem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> Ah, yes, excellent! That's exactly it: >> [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] >> "NuTCSetupEnviron"="C:\\PROGRA~1\\MKSTOO~1\\bin\\ncoeenv.exe" >> > Quick question - what is this MKS thinger, is > it the thing tha

Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME?

2008-06-07 Thread Adam Thompson
2008/6/7 anadem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > > Ah, yes, excellent! That's exactly it: > [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] > "NuTCSetupEnviron"="C:\\PROGRA~1\\MKSTOO~1\\bin\\ncoeenv.exe" > Quick question - what is this MKS thinger, is it the thing that used to be nutcracker? --

Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME?

2008-06-06 Thread anadem
Rick Rankin-3 wrote: > > 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

Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME?

2008-06-06 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Rick Rankin wrote: - 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 (

Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME?

2008-06-06 Thread Rick Rankin
- 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%

Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME?

2008-06-06 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
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

Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME?

2008-06-06 Thread anadem
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > anadem wrote: >> >> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >>> Adam Thompson wrote: 2008/6/6 Adam Thompson : > 2008/6/6 anadem : >> Is there any way to permanently unset the HOME env-var in Windows? I >> could >> run a batch file at startup but afaik tha

Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME?

2008-06-06 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
anadem wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Adam Thompson wrote: 2008/6/6 Adam Thompson : 2008/6/6 anadem : Is there any way to permanently unset the HOME env-var in Windows? I could run a batch file at startup but afaik that would not be a systemwide removal of HOME. I do not think this is a

Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME?

2008-06-06 Thread anadem
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > Adam Thompson wrote: >> 2008/6/6 Adam Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> 2008/6/6 anadem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Is there any way to permanently unset the HOME env-var in Windows? I could run a batch file at startup but afaik that would not be a systemwi

Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME?

2008-06-06 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 08:14:57AM -0700, Karl M wrote: >Perhaps Cygwin should give first priority to /etc/passwd (reversing 1 >and two). This would put things more in the hands of the Cygwin user. > >If Cygwin did not have so many defaults (with the change to 1.7.x) then >it would be less useful

RE: how can I stop Windows setting HOME?

2008-06-06 Thread Karl M
> From: g.r.vansickle > To: cygwin > Subject: RE: how can I stop Windows setting HOME? > Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 23:11:11 -0500 > >> From: Adam Thompson >> Subject: Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME? >> >> 2008/6/6 anadem <>: >>> >&g

Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME?

2008-06-05 Thread Linda Walsh
anadem wrote: Each time I boot my pc Windows sets the HOME environment variable to my "Documents and Settings" directory, --- Windows doesn't set "HOME"at least not by default. What makes you think it is setting 'HOME'? Goto control-panel->System, Advanced, and clic

RE: how can I stop Windows setting HOME?

2008-06-05 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> From: Adam Thompson > Subject: Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME? > > 2008/6/6 anadem <>: > > > > Each time I boot my pc Windows sets the HOME environment > variable to > > my "Documents and Settings" directory, which screws up > cygw

Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME?

2008-06-05 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Adam Thompson wrote: 2008/6/6 Adam Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 2008/6/6 anadem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Is there any way to permanently unset the HOME env-var in Windows? I could run a batch file at startup but afaik that would not be a systemwide removal of HOME. I do not think this is a Windo

Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME?

2008-06-05 Thread Adam Thompson
2008/6/6 Adam Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/6/6 anadem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> Is there any way to permanently unset the HOME env-var in Windows? I could >> run a batch file at startup but afaik that would not be a systemwide removal >> of HOME. >> > > I do not think this is a Windows iss

Re: how can I stop Windows setting HOME?

2008-06-05 Thread Adam Thompson
2008/6/6 anadem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Each time I boot my pc Windows sets the HOME environment variable to my > "Documents and Settings" directory, which screws up cygwin. Before I can use > cygwin I have to do the My Computer/Properties/Advanced ... etc stuff and > delete HOME from my User vari