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How can I figure out where the Windows XP SUA ksh .profile file is on a system where I was not the person who installed it? (I'm searching google for the answer, but the combinations of ksh, windows XP, and profile lead to many, many hits that I am still digging through.) It is NOT in my user directory, so it is probably the system default .profile that I need to find?

Problem, if it has any bearing: The path is radically different before and after I start the ksh, and after the ksh starts it includes some contextually bad paths.

All I really want is to keep the path set up in the cmd.com batch environment from before ksh is invoked, but I think I first need to figure out where the change is coming from.

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It is apparently located at C:\Windows\SUA\etc\profile

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Open the run dialog by hitting Windows-Key+R and type the following command followed by return:

explorer "%USERPROFILE%"

A Windows explorer window should appear showing the content of the current user profile folder. The file you are looking for may be there or in some subdir, especially inside ApplicationData or Local Settings\ApplicationData (note: I work on an Italian XP version and dir names are localized, thus I may have spelled them incorrectly).

Note that you may have to enable the visualization of hidden files, if that .profile file was saved with the hidden attribute set.

Otherwise you may also search in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users, which is the folder where all settings common to all the users are stored.

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