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Date:	Thu, 07 Nov 2002 11:22:08 +1100
From:	Chris Walters <chris DOT walters AT pobox DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: CYGWIN Installer should setup a root environment variable
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Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> `cygpath -w /`

Thanks.

 > On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Chris Walters wrote:
>> NT Question: How does cygwin update the System registry (for environment
>> variables) if it is installed as a normal user? I can't modify it
>> myself, so how does the installer do it?
> 
> It doesn't.  It only updates HKEY_CURRENT_USER, which it's always allowed
> to do.  And, AFAIK, it doesn't set any environment variables, just the
> mount settings...

You're right, I made a mistake in the question. I meant to say for mount 
points, i.e. mount -s stores information in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, but I 
can manually set these values (though this may be due to being a PowerUser).


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