No, they are not there, that's the reason for my posting. I read that HOMEPATH and HOMEDRV are special and set by windows in some obscure way. They can't be changed thru My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Environment Variables
Howevever I wasn't able to find any reference to a HOME variable in windows. I don't know why and whre it get's set. And it's for sure not to be seen in My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Environment Variables. It looks like my problem is beyond advanced. *smile*. Andrew Schulman-3 wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> I discovered that the HOME variable is set in windows. I therefore get >> the >> cygwin HOME path set to this window path instead of the path set in >> passwd >> as I would like it. I tried to delete the windows HOME path, but I can't >> find it. Where is it set or what does set it? I have HOME, HOMEPATH and >> HOMEDRIVE set in my windows environement and I cant' find where they get >> defined. Does anybody know? > > My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Environment Variables. > > Because after all, environment variables are advanced. > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/HOME-environment-variable-set-in-Windows-tp27081417p27081553.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
