System path

[Mark]

When opening a certain program. I get an error message
stating , Error:System Path variable not found. When
checking "path" thru cmd.exe, it says null. Can someone
tell me what the system path should be?

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

The SystemDrive entry is the drive that XP is installed on. The SystemRoot
entry is the drive and folder where XP is installed:

SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS

 

[Ray at]

Mine is:

D:\WINDOWS\system32;D:\WINDOWS;D:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;D:\Program
Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\BINN;D:\Program Files\Resource Pro Kit\

Open up regedit and navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Environment

There ~should~ be a REG_EXPAND_SZ entry in there called: Path with a value
similar to what I have above. If there is not, create it. The actual value
in my registry with the other variables unexpanded is:

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;D:\Program
Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\BINN;D:\Program Files\Resource Pro Kit\



Note that I have WinXP on my D drive. Also, the SQL Server and Resource Pro
Kit directories should only be there if you have either application
installed.

Ray at home