environment variables

Selected list of commands Command: Description: Example: (details here) assoc: Displays or modifies file name extension associations. Used alone, displays a list of all the current file name associations details here at: Schedules commands and programs to run on a computer at a specified time...

I am at a State U and want to create a temporary directory, say, C:\Users\temp, that can be used by multiple students that authenticate through a domain. A trivial task in Linux but are there other ramifications in windows 7? I have found %temp% is C:\Users\staff\AppData\Local\Temp. Would...

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Whenever I try some downloaded .exes I get an error saying 'error writing to temp location' or something similar. I've tried running them as admin, tried running them without UAC, and even tried to change the temp location from environment variables but it doesn't change. Is there any fix or...

Hi forum, I hope you're having a good day. Please help me with this situation of mine. Summary: The system requires chkdsk for the 2 mechanical hard drives in RAID-1. The disk check has returned lots of "Replacing invalid security id with default security id for file" ... Why is this...

Ghost failed *UPDATED* How can i clone Win7? Ok... Some background information.... Wall of text incomming.. (Problem changed, read bottom) I purchased a new/faster Hard drive. I did not what to have to format and reinstall on the new drive. So, i used Ghost to copy my C Drive over to a new...

Hello: This is my first time posting here. Thanks in advance for any assistance. I have a batch file that worked faithfully in Windows XP. I wish to update the code to work in Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit). The code creates a folder with a date in its name. the code is as follows: @echo...

I was trying to edit my PATH environment variable and accidentally deleted it. Is there any way to recover it? If not, is there anyone out there who can tell me what the default path variable should be? I'm afraid to turn off my computer without fixing this as I'm not sure if it will be able...

Hi all! I have some problems with installing ghostscript for GIMP. After standard installation for Windows I follow the instruction (which worked for Vista) to make GIMP recognize installed ghostscript. They were to set an environment variable GS_PROG with full path to the location of the...

I've writen some scripts to change the C:\user to an other partition. all seems to work but I can not change the security on the SYMBLINK and Junctions (not the directories) assuming all in c:\users\%USERNAME% is machine independent ... All data will be recreated at first login anyhow...

I need some help. I'm unable to elevate on Windows 7 RC. When I click on a shield icon nothing happens. If I run a command line tool such as 'regedit' that requires elevation from a command prompt it displays a message box that reads "The system could not find the environment option that was...