environment variables in windows xp ( "PATH" )

[milena]

Hi !
That's my first post ...

On my PC, running Microsoft Windows XP SP2 [Ver. 5.1.2600], from the dos prompt, by means of the command "set", I get a "path" variable whose content is shorter than the content of the "path" variable accessible from My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Environment variables.

That is, there are some folders in the latter, absent in the former.

Please can you explain the cause and suggest a workaround ?

Thanks a lot!!

Milena

[foxidrive]

Paste both lines here if you want a thoughtful answer rather than a guess.

[milena]

From Windows dialog:

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Programmi\File comuni\Adobe\AGL;C:\Programmi\Calibre2;c:\works\_BATCH;c:\works\_PROGRAMS

From dos prompt:

C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Programmi\File comuni\Adobe\AGL;C:\Programmi\Calibre2

[foxidrive]

We can't tell how you have launched the command, or what command you launched, and also what configuration you have done to cmd settings, and where you got the windows info from.

Hence we can't make a reasoned judgement. It looks like the paths you supplied are not complete either - incomplete data leads to mistakes and wasted time.

[milena]

I'm sorry for misunderstanding.

1.
I got the windows info from:
My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Environment variables.

2.
I launched the DOS command by means of a batch file containing only
set > readme.txt

3.
"It looks like the paths you supplied are not complete either ..."
I can't understand this. Please, is there something missing ?

Bye !

[foxidrive]

1.
I got the windows info from:
My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Environment variables.

2.
I launched the DOS command by means of a batch file containing only
set > readme.txt

ok.

Do it again - if items are added in Windows GUI then a cmd window will not see them.

Copy the items from My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Environment variables.

and then open a cmd prompt and type set path

[Squashman]

Yeah that sounds like the only explanation for this issue.