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Both these comments were helpful. &nbsp;Although, what I should have been more specific about was that I believe some directory paths that were overwritten actually needed to be redefined. &nbsp;Therefore, some sort of auto discovery tool was what I was hoping to learn about, as I have no way of remembering all the paths to all the software that I have installed. &nbsp;Perhaps that would be a cool utility to develope. &nbsp;Sure I can go in and edit the path variable, I just feared that that would be the minimum. &nbsp;Thank you both!
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Both these comments were helpful.  Although, what I should have been more specific about was that I believe some directory paths that were overwritten actually needed to be redefined.  Therefore, some sort of auto discovery tool was what I was hoping to learn about, as I have no way of remembering all the paths to all the software that I have installed.  Perhaps that would be a cool utility to develope.  Sure I can go in and edit the path variable, I just feared that that would be the minimum.  Thank you both!

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The quick response is so much appreciated. &nbsp;Kudos!
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The quick response is so much appreciated.  Kudos!

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Installed COTS Software and it overwrote my system path.
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Installed COTS Software and it overwrote my system path.

How do I reset the path in Windows XP?

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