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Path corrupted; need to rectify it on Win 2000 pro

Hi There,

      I have about 70 to 80 PC's with Win 2000 Pro in our network having wrong Path settings, the path terminates with; and i wish to rectify that by removing the; at the end.
      The way i wish to proceed is by first identifying the PC's on my network having this problem and then updating the path in the windows system variables, i also like to create a separate log for each pc in a folder i've crated in the server to track the updates.
      I think the path settings are done in the registry, so i guess it is just the matter of identifying the PC's and updating the Registry.

      The trouble is i don’t know how to proceed it, is there a tool for that or can i add a script to check the path setting in all logging script to identify the PC's and then rectify the path if so can any one would be kind enough to shed some light on this for me please.

      Thanks

      Gecko
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Next time offer more than 20 points, this is a tough question.
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Hi chaddupuis thanks for that quick reply, cool that means first I need to find a pc with the right path e.g. mine and get the path out into a reg file as advice and apply it to the pc’s needed.

But there is a problem as to the contents in the path because there might have PC’s that have installed other applications and have their entries in the path. I know where it is wrong in the path, it is that semicolon; at the end causing the problem all I want to do is identify pc’s with the path ending in semicolon; and remove it.

Your solution is good if everyone had Identical path entry but it is no the case. I f you have any other solution please let me know.

Thanks
Try it and see if it overwrites or just adds t the "path" entry. It might just add to it, but I have not tried it myself to know.
have you considered upping th points on this question? 20 id mighty cheap my friend.
i am increasing it to 30