PATH setting tool?

pmickelson · 29th June 2001, 20:59

I have set up a NSIS installer and now find that I need the ability to set the system PATH variable on various flavors of Windows as part of the install. Does anyone know of a good tool for handling this that I could include in my install?

DuaneJeffers · 30th June 2001, 02:30

What type of Path??? are you wanting to put certain files in a certain place?? or something else.

Edgewize · 30th June 2001, 03:23

No, he means the system environment variable PATH, which controls how the Windows GUI and CMD.EXE/COMMAND.COM search for executable files.

Strangely enough, I couldn't find a simple EXE file to do the job. You have three choices, it seems:

1) Remove PATH-dependance from the program (probably not a viable option)
2) Write your own little tool to set the PATH on Windows systems (add "SET PATH=%PATH%;c:\blah" to autoexec.bat for Win9x *and* find the right WinNT API call)
3) Beg someone else to do choice #2 ;(

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29th June 2001, 20:59	#1
pmickelson Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1	I have set up a NSIS installer and now find that I need the ability to set the system PATH variable on various flavors of Windows as part of the install. Does anyone know of a good tool for handling this that I could include in my install?

30th June 2001, 02:30	#2
DuaneJeffers Major Dude Join Date: May 2001 Location: Winter Park, FL Posts: 1,776	What type of Path??? are you wanting to put certain files in a certain place?? or something else. Website Yeah, that's pretty much it. :-\

30th June 2001, 03:23	#3
Edgewize Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 89	No, he means the system environment variable PATH, which controls how the Windows GUI and CMD.EXE/COMMAND.COM search for executable files. Strangely enough, I couldn't find a simple EXE file to do the job. You have three choices, it seems: 1) Remove PATH-dependance from the program (probably not a viable option) 2) Write your own little tool to set the PATH on Windows systems (add "SET PATH=%PATH%;c:\blah" to autoexec.bat for Win9x and find the right WinNT API call) 3) Beg someone else to do choice #2 ;(