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    Windows 10 Changing C: drive letter of installed Windows problem

    Hello! I want to change Windows drive letter C:\ to another (in my case W:\). We all know that it is not possible by easy way, but some tutorials I found, but three times installed Windows 10 Pro it failed. Here's what I was following: Start Regedt32.exe as admin Enter...
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    Windows 10 Extending Environment Strings

    There appears to be a maximum length requirement on Environment strings of 2047. Apparently I went far past this in Windows 7 PRO and can not now sensibly make a change. Is there a way that I can increase this length or use intermediate environment strings to build one substantially longer than...
    • Edward Feustel
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    • configuration development ed feustel environment limitations software strings system variables troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  3. GTXPlayer

    Windows 8 Explorer/Directory shortcuts

    Hi, I'd like to know if there is any way to create extra shortcuts for Win Explorer. I'll explain a little because it's hard to put it in the right context. By shortcuts I mean using the double '%' sign so that I don't have to use the whole directory path. For example, shortcuts like %AppData%...
    • GTXPlayer
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    • appdata customization explorer file manager file path registry shortcuts system variables tech support windows
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  4. Mayank Kulshreshtha

    Windows 8 bat/exe files not found in path

    I have a Lenovo Ideapad s510p running original Windows 8.1. Bought it in May'14. The problem is that it's not able to find & run some bat & exe files given in the '%Path'. Whereas it can find some - it can't find some others. So it doesn't run them unless full path is specified. This is a big...
    • Mayank Kulshreshtha
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    • batch files binaries command prompt configuration environment variables executable files file execution lenovo ideapad mysql path configuration path variable pathext run issues software installation system variables troubleshooting user variables windows 8.1
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  5. Mike

    Windows 7 Environment Variables in Windows 7

    The following are Environment Variables in Windows 7 which can allow you to get to system locations more efficiently. What are Environment Variables in Windows? Well, if we understand that "variables" are things that can be changed, and if we also understand that the environment that variables...
    • Mike
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    • command line common files computer name environment variables error level executable files file paths home directory local app data profile path program files scripting system root system variables temporary files user domain windows 7 windows server
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Tutorials
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    Windows 7 Remove Old Device Drivers Hidden In Vista and Win7

    Thanks to Greg Schultz for the tip
    • Adamsappleone
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    • configuration device drivers device manager driver removal environment variables hardware conflicts hidden devices system restart system settings system variables technology troubleshooting uninstall drivers user variables windows 7 windows vista
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Windows Tutorials
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    Windows 7 'Java' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

    When I try to run an RS private server, (which runs using java), It says this. I have attempted to make a path in my system variables, i named it "Java" and put it as C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\ and it still does not work. Please help me?
    • Matteh
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    • batch file command error java path rs private server system variables troubleshooting
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Replacing invalid security id with default security id...

    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...
    • vinhcit
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    • backup chkdsk corruption corsair data recovery drive properties environmental variables firmware update intel raid mechanical drives permissions raid recycle bin sata mode security id ssd system variables troubleshooting user variables windows 7
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  9. Socar

    Windows 7 Setting Path Environment Variable Does Not Work

    I can add to the System Variable “Pathâ€Â￾, however it does not seem to have any effect on the command line. I have added “C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_05\binâ€Â￾ to the system variables however running I still get the following error: ‘java’ is not...
    • Socar
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    • command line configuration environment error java jdk path system variables variable windows
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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