Comments on: Update Windows Path Without Rebooting http://www.nerdydork.com/update-windows-path-without-rebooting.html Dustin Davis reviews... the internet. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:42:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kim You http://www.nerdydork.com/update-windows-path-without-rebooting.html/comment-page-1#comment-5854 Kim You Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:30:09 +0000 http://www.nerdydork.com/?p=316#comment-5854 I'm not sure if this works for Vista but I know for sure this worked for me on XP SP3. What I did was followed steps 1-4 above and ran SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\CmdShortcuts in a cmd window. Exit the cmd session and open another cdm window typed echo %path% to verify C:\CmdShortcuts was still there. I’m not sure if this works for Vista but I know for sure this worked for me on XP SP3. What I did was followed steps 1-4 above and ran SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\CmdShortcuts in a cmd window.
Exit the cmd session and open another cdm window typed echo %path% to verify C:\CmdShortcuts was still there.

]]> By: jeremy http://www.nerdydork.com/update-windows-path-without-rebooting.html/comment-page-1#comment-4532 jeremy Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:32:56 +0000 http://www.nerdydork.com/?p=316#comment-4532 from http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=104011 SendMessageTimeout(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_SETTINGCHANGE, 0, (LPARAM) "Environment", SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG, 5000, &dwReturnValue); note: this is not a complete solution. if you add a string to the PATH, it will propogate just fine, but if you add another environment variable (%MYAPP_PATH%, e.g.) it will not be expanded, i believe this is due to a bug in shell32.dll which is alluded to here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329308 from http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=104011
SendMessageTimeout(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_SETTINGCHANGE, 0, (LPARAM) “Environment”, SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG, 5000, &dwReturnValue);

note: this is not a complete solution. if you add a string to the PATH, it will propogate just fine, but if you add another environment variable (%MYAPP_PATH%, e.g.) it will not be expanded, i believe this is due to a bug in shell32.dll which is alluded to here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329308

]]> By: Mac McElroy http://www.nerdydork.com/update-windows-path-without-rebooting.html/comment-page-1#comment-4321 Mac McElroy Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:40:55 +0000 http://www.nerdydork.com/?p=316#comment-4321 if you Update Windows Path variables and click ok. they donot show up but if you end explorer.exe task and run a new explorer.exe task up it will now refresh with the new path variable if you Update Windows Path variables and click ok. they donot show up but if you end explorer.exe task and run a new explorer.exe task up it will now refresh with the new path variable

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