Re: please help this is driving me crazy

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From: francis.gerard (spam_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 07/28/04


Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:11:53 -0400


"merlin" <merlin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:23C0C78D-CD91-4017-8F89-ED0A3311A6CF@microsoft.com...
> When I open windows explorer it opens my documents, but when I go to
> windows repair folder it brings up the
> config nt & the auto exec files but I cant find the %systemroot% file to
> complete the instructions on the link

%systemroot% is an environment variable (alias) that expands to the Windows
installation directory

on most WindowsXP systems the %systemroot% = C:\Windows

for example:

%systemroot%\system32\command.com = C:\Windows\system32\command.com

so wherever you see %systemroot%, substitute C:\Windows

as an aside, you can see a list of current environment variables by entering
C:\SET at the command-line.

--
francis 


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