Adding to the system %PATH%

[rtobyr]

So the NSIS documentation titled "Path Manipulation" at http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Path_Manipulation has a big red box at the top that reads, "WARNING: Strings longer than ${NSIS_MAX_STRLEN} will get truncated/corrupted. Do NOT use this function to update %PATH%".

How do I manipulate %PATH% with NSIS?

[Afrow UK]

Why do you need to? Consider using the preferred method instead if possible:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ee872121%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Stu

[Anders]

Why do you think you need to change %Path%?

Ideally you should design your application so that you don't rely on a non-standard %Path%. It is a shared resource and I personally hate applications that feel they need to touch it.

[JasonFriday13]

I was working on a plugin to add and remove specific paths to the environment variable last year, but it still isn't usable yet.