Re: reseting HOME directory

2008-10-29 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Will Parsons wrote: Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: mcbenus wrote: Thanks! Is that ok to change the Windows Home? what implications it may have on other software? For Cygwin, you shouldn't set HOME in the Windows environment unless you need Cygwin to see the same HOME as some other software (MKS i

Re: reseting HOME directory

2008-10-29 Thread Will Parsons
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > mcbenus wrote: >> Thanks! Is that ok to change the Windows Home? what implications it may have >> on other software? > > For Cygwin, you shouldn't set HOME in the Windows environment unless you > need Cygwin to see the same HOME as some other software (MKS is one > exa

Re: reseting HOME directory

2008-10-29 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
mcbenus wrote: I did so and it worked! I am still a little concerned about what other software on my PC will be effected by this modification. Also, when I open cmd and type 'set HOME' , I still get the previous HOME directory. Does that make sense? Not for a new cmd.exe window opened after

Re: reseting HOME directory

2008-10-29 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
mcbenus wrote: Thanks! Is that ok to change the Windows Home? what implications it may have on other software? For Cygwin, you shouldn't set HOME in the Windows environment unless you need Cygwin to see the same HOME as some other software (MKS is one example I know of that likes to set HOME i

RE: reseting HOME directory

2008-10-29 Thread mcbenus
I did so and it worked! I am still a little concerned about what other software on my PC will be effected by this modification. Also, when I open cmd and type 'set HOME' , I still get the previous HOME directory. Does that make sense? isn't it supposed to show me the new HOME? Thanks, BK Man

RE: reseting HOME directory

2008-10-29 Thread mcbenus
Thanks! Is that ok to change the Windows Home? what implications it may have on other software? BK Manning, Sid wrote: > > > Try this: > - Right click My Computer and goto Properties > - Click on the "Advanced" Tab > - At the bottom click Environment Variables > - You will probably see

RE: reseting HOME directory

2008-10-29 Thread Manning, Sid
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

Re: reseting HOME directory

2008-10-28 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
mcbenus wrote: 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 runn