Need to recover older $PATH setting

path recover
user1009073 picture user1009073 · Oct 31, 2011 · Viewed 10.5k times · Source

I have just installed an app which overwrote my $PATH variable... so now, a bunch of stuff will not work. While I have a full backup, I am hoping that there is an easier approach than to restore, get the PATH, the "roll it forward" again.

Is there a location in the windows registry (or anywhere else) that stores an older $PATH setting?

Thanks, GS

Answer

user1009073 picture user1009073 · Nov 1, 2011

If anyone is interested, I found the answer... using REGEDIT, it is under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Environment or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\Session Manager\Environment

In my case, it was under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002...

GS

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