Actually I made a mistake. I meant %SystemRoot% instead of %System%

System root is in the path statement for the following locations:
%SystemRoot%
%SystemRoot%\System32
%SystemRoot%\System32\WBEM

I have to manually change these to:
c:\Windows
c:\Windows\system32
c:\windows\system32\WBEM

in order to correct the issue. Where is %SystemRoot% defined in Windows XP?


"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
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> "Mike W" <thewittmer@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> I have a utility that performs some windows customizations to
>> install/configure XP for an old dos-based program.
>> After running the tool, references to %system& in the path environmental
>> variable seem to be nullified. For example if I go to cmd and type
>> 'edit'
> I
>> get an error that reads 'edit' is not a recognized internal/external
>> command....If I go into the path variable and change all instances of
>> %system% to c:\windows\ this resolves the issue. So, where is %system%
>> defined?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> m
>>
>>
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> %system% is not a preset environmental variable in WinXP.
> Maybe someone changed your %path% definition.
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