Re: [Hampshire] Microsoft from the inside.

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Author: Peter Collins
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Microsoft from the inside.
Hi Rich

On Tuesday, 27 August 2013, Richard Bensley wrote:
>
>
> His reason for not settling on windows was how one adds a directory to the
> PATH environment variable. The only method available to you in Windows
> hasn't changed since the mid-90's! As seen here:
> http://www.computerhope.com/issues/pictures/winpath.jpg
>
> And it probably wont ever change. This tiny, un-sizable dialog box is all
> you have. You must copy and paste the string into and editor and paste it
> back. Linux/Unix, you just extend on PATH in your shell config.
>


There is setx available at cli:

setx path "%path%;c:\newpath"

Just in case it helps in the future

Rgds

Peter
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