%systemroot%\system32

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Trying to locate %systemroot%\system on Windows 2000 Pro.When i use
search the answer is %systemroot%\system is nopt a valid folder.I can
find C:\WINNT\System32 but don't know if this is is the same folder.I'm
trying to find it to repair my registry.Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
 
carlos_2006 said:
Trying to locate %systemroot%\system on Windows 2000 Pro.When i use
search the answer is %systemroot%\system is nopt a valid folder.I can
find C:\WINNT\System32 but don't know if this is is the same folder.I'm
trying to find it to repair my registry.Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
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Half of the references in your post speak about %SystemRoot%\system32,
the other half about %SystemRoot%\system. Perhaps this is the reason
why you cannot find the folder.

Start a Command Prompt, then type

set system

to see the resolved value of this variable.
 
carlos_2006 said:
Trying to locate %systemroot%\system on Windows 2000 Pro.When i use
search the answer is %systemroot%\system is nopt a valid folder.I can
find C:\WINNT\System32 but don't know if this is is the same folder.I'm
trying to find it to repair my registry.Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
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%systemroot%\system is not the same as C:\WINNT\System32

%systemroot%\system32 is the same as C:\WINNT\System32 (assuming your
Windows install folder is indeed WINNT)

%systemroot% is a built in variable that is used to refer to the location of
the OS folder
 
Just type "set" at a CMD prompt (without the quotes, of course) and you'll
see what %systemroot% is set to.

MD
 
If you find;

C:\WINNT\System32

then yes it is the same as;

%systemroot%\system32

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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| Trying to locate %systemroot%\system on Windows 2000 Pro.When i use
| search the answer is %systemroot%\system is nopt a valid folder.I can
| find C:\WINNT\System32 but don't know if this is is the same folder.I'm
| trying to find it to repair my registry.Any help would be greatly
| appreciated.
|
 
You can't use variables such as %systemroot% in searching, but you can use
them in the address bar in Windows explorer. Type %systemroot%\system
there, press Enter, and the folder will open. You'll also see its actual
name in the address bar.

"System" and "System32" are two different folders with two different
functions. The contents of %systemroot%\system tend to be compatibility
components. There's nothing related to the registry there, so I don't
know why you'd need to find that folder in order to repair your registry.
 
It's really confused because he said he was looking for
%systemroot%\system, although the subject line does say
%systemroot%\system32, and most of those articles refer to
%windir%\system32. Anyone who fails to pay close attention to the details
is probably going to bungle any kind of repair.


Dave Patrick said:
If I had to guess....... the system hive is corrupt and he's reading one of
these.
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http://groups.google.com/groups/sea..._miny=2000&as_maxd=31&as_maxm=12&as_maxy=2006
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<snip>
so I don't
| know why you'd need to find that folder in order to repair your
registry.
 
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