Re: Environmental variable in Registry key

On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 19:21:27 -0400, "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>In the following key...
>
>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
>"Userinit"="C:\WINNT\system32\userinit.exe,"
>
>Can the following be used instead...
>
> "Userinit"="%windir%\system32\userinit.exe,"
>
>or
>
> "Userinit"="%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\userinit.exe,"


I tried it and it doesn't work.

First I ran:

REG ADD "HKLM\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /V Userinit /T REG_EXPAND_SZ /F /D ^%SYSTEMROOT^%\system32\userinit.exe

Then I verified with

REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /V Userinit

I shut down and restarted.

It would not get to the logon, but was apparently close enough for

REG ADD "\\JSI003\HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /V Userinit /T REG_SZ /F /D C:\Windows\system32\userinit.exe
to fix it.

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com
.

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