Try this: - Right click My Computer and goto Properties - Click on the "Advanced" Tab - At the bottom click Environment Variables - You will probably see HOME set someplace there and should be able to modify it.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of mcbenus > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 5:22 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: reseting HOME directory > > > Hi, > > I found similar past posts here, but could not totally understand the > answers. For some reason, my HOME directory has changed one day from > /home/USER to /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/USER (I guess imported > from > the windows settings). At the same time a program I am running using > cygwin > started to much slower than before. I don't know if the two problems are > related, but first I would like to set my HOME directory back to > /Home/USER. > > I saw people referring to /etc/profile file, or the BASH_PROFILE file in > my > (original) home directory, but I could not understand what exactly I > should > write in them. I would greatly appreciate your advices. I do not master > linux/cygwin, so if you try to answer, please consider that :) > > Thanks, > BK > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/reseting-HOME- > directory-tp20217298p20217298.html > Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
