Re: Emacs and Windows PATH variable

Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.windows
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> From: Raymond Zeitler <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 17:36:53 +0000
> Cc: Nikolay Kudryavtsev <[email protected]>
> 
> Nikolay, I use a VBS script to alter the PATH in the global system environment.  It's based on this thread in the Windows Script Host Usenet:
> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.scripting.wsh/browse_thread/thread/f88098309ad51cec/9da1b95fdadecdb3?q=modify+OR+set+system+path#9da1b95fdadecdb3

One can use the setx command for the same purpose.

> So when I need to permanently add a directory to the path (even from within a batch file), I call my script.  And I do not need to restart Windows.  The effect is the same as using the GUI through Computer | Properties | Advanced Settings, etc.

There should be no need to restart Windows to get the PATH updated in
future programs.
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