added path to path dir but exe does not work

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Hassan

I dont want to reboot my box and I have a lot of jobs that call an exe that
should be in the path. So i added the path manually in "environment
variables" in the path dir, but the only way I know this will work is if i
reboot the box. Is there another way to do this without rebooting ?

Thanks
 
Hassan said:
I dont want to reboot my box and I have a lot of jobs that call an exe that
should be in the path. So i added the path manually in "environment
variables" in the path dir, but the only way I know this will work is if i
reboot the box. Is there another way to do this without rebooting ?

Thanks
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This is not correct. Environmental variables such as the path
become effective immediately, without rebooting, for all
newly started processes. However they won't be visible
for pre-existing processes.

If possible you should specify the complete path for your
executables instead of relying on the %path% environmental
variable.
 
Hassan said:
I dont want to reboot my box and I have a lot of jobs that call an exe that
should be in the path. So i added the path manually in "environment
variables" in the path dir, but the only way I know this will work is if i
reboot the box. Is there another way to do this without rebooting ?

Thanks
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Your change should take effect if you just log off and log back on again.
 
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