Environment Variables & format

thebat1 · Nov 25, 2013

I have a
HP Pavilion dv7t-1000 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC
64bit with Windows Vista Home premium

Recently I had a friend take it and wipe it to start fresh.
when I got it back it is still pointing to a bizarre path..?? (which is one of the reasons I wanted to start fresh.) It points to:

PATH
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\Power2Go;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\

PATHEXT
.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC

why would this be the case?
:??:

When I got it back I see that some things like my extra monitor was already installed.. (Before I even hooked it up??) and some folders I had renamed example folder.OLD was still here. (and many other things that lead me to believe it did not get formatted correctly. (and could still have virus?)
He used my factory disks. (which I do have)
can anyone advise me on what is going on?
thanks so much!!

hang-the-9 · Nov 25, 2013

Nothing wrong with that path, CyberLink and PowerShell are both normal programs.

If it was formatted with the factory disks, your friend could have done a backup of your files/folders and restored them.

thebat1 · Nov 26, 2013

hang-the-9 :

My friend said he did not restore anything?
any what about the software for my external monitor that I had not hooked up yet already be installed? :??:

I thought the path should be set to program files and program files (x86) for 32 bit programs? :??:

thanks for replying!!

hang-the-9 · Nov 27, 2013

thebat1 :

Without being there while the work was done, it's impossible to know how the other programs got on there. If he re-installed Windows without formatting the drive, your old folders would all be there. If he did format the drive first, I don't see how anything would be left over unless a restore was done from a backup.

The path statement is more than just pointing to the Program Files directory. The one you posted looks perfectly normal.

thebat1 · Nov 27, 2013

hang-the-9 :

thebat1 :

Without being there while the work was done, it's impossible to know how the other programs got on there. If he re-installed Windows without formatting the drive, your old folders would all be there. If he did format the drive first, I don't see how anything would be left over unless a restore was done from a backup.

The path statement is more than just pointing to the Program Files directory. The one you posted looks perfectly normal.

so I guess this answers my question of not being formatted......
am guessing IF it was formatted there would be no way of my extra monitor already being installed before hooking it up correct?
(along with folder that were still in place..)

thanks again!!

hang-the-9 · Nov 27, 2013

If the system was formatted before the setup (in all partitions if you had more than one), your old folders would not be there.

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