Set System Path

[kodius]

What is the easiest way to set the system path here:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment]

Value name: PATH

Type:REG_EXPAND_SZ

New Value Data:c:\program files\mytoolbox

I want to append a new value, I found pathman.exe but was wondering if the forum had a clean way to do this without including external utilites.

[KaFu]

For internal use try EnvSet(), but "Once AutoIt closes, the variables will cease to exist."

[Richard Robertson]

AutoIt has registry functions. What's wrong with using them?

[Valuater]

Not sure exactly... but, maybe FileChangeDir(@ScriptDir)

Changes the current working directory.

8)

[Richard Robertson]

No, Val, the OP is trying to change the Path environment variable.

[CodyBarrett]

why would you want that... there is a reason that it is the way it is

[Richard Robertson]

Are you kidding? There are a lot of reasons to change the path variable.

[kodius]

I found some of this code in another topic but it doesn't work on the 3rd to last line

; Append to PATH

Func _ToolKit()

$sSep = ";"

$sType = "REG_SZ"

$path = RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment", "PATH")

If @extended = 7 Then

$sSep = @LF

$sType = "REG_MULTI_SZ"

EndIf

$path1 = $sSep & "c:\program files\mytools"

$path2 = $path & $path1

RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment", $path2)

If @error <> 0 Then RegWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment", "PATH", $sType, $path2)

EndFunc ;==>_ToolKit

[PsaltyDS]

I found some of this code in another topic but it doesn't work on the 3rd to last line

Dupe.