Hello Amanda,
amanda099 wrote:...Under User variables, I have these:
TEMP C:\Documents and Settings\Amanda Nguyen\Local Settings\Temp
TMP C:\Documents and Settings\Amanda Nguyen\Local Settings\Temp
They are fine.
amanda099 wrote:Under System variables...
...I remember I have deleted the folder C:\Perl before I installed XAMPP. I have C:\XAMPP\perl\ now .
Should I deleted Path C:\Perl\site\bin;C:\Perl\bin;C:\ColdFusio... ? It might cause some instability issues ?
If you no longer have
Perl in a location other than XAMPP then by all means delete those entries only, same for the ColdFusion entry if that is long gone and anything else in the
Path variables you spot that you know for sure has been deleted from your PC - don't delete the whole
Path variable only those entries you know are not needed using the
Edit button.
amanda099 wrote:I'm at a loss how best to scan my registry . Might you provide some methodology or direct me to the best site to learn how to effect that ?
This from the
Help menu in
regedit - see
Notes in the quote below:
To export all or part of the registry to a text file
1. Open Registry Editor (see Notes below).
2. On the File menu, click Export.
3. In File name, enter a name for the registry file.
4. Under Export range, do one of the following:
* To back up the entire registry, click All.
* To back up only a particular branch of the registry tree, click Selected branch and enter the name of the branch you want to export.
5. Click Save.
Caution
* Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. Before making changes to the registry, you should back up any valued data on your computer.
Notes
* To open Registry Editor, click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
* You can use a text editor like Notepad to work with the registry files you create by exporting.
To read the whole of this help snippet after loading
regedit, click on the
Help>Help Topics>Index>exporting registry data to text files - save the export/backup file with a
.reg file extension.
To search the registry after loading
regedit>Edit>Find... then type your keyword(s)
php or
phpmyadmin perhaps - this, like any other search facility including these forums here, is reliant on your experimentation with the keywords used - you can also find help details in the above mentioned
Index>searching for registry keys, values or strings.
Also you may like to search your PC for any other instances of a php.ini file and delete them, other than any that are in the xampp installation folder tree that is.
Best of luck.