trying to append to our current PATH

[Mfitzge9 AT nycap DOT rr DOT com]

Hello all,

Thanks in advance. These message boards are great! I'm
not sure if I'm posting this in the correct place but here
goes.

I am trying to come up with a way to remotely append to
our existing environment variable "Path". I am trying to
get this done to about 500 pc's. I know about replacing
Path with this line "PATH = c:\test;%PATH%" but this only
changes it for that one command prompt window. I am
trying to change it perminantly for our users. Does
anyone know of a way to do this

Mike

 

[Paul R. Sadowski]

Get SETX here...
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/setx-o.asp

 

[Wadester]

Mfitzge9 AT nycap DOT rr DOT com [[email protected]]
posted:

Hello all,

Thanks in advance. These message boards are great! I'm
not sure if I'm posting this in the correct place but here
goes.

I am trying to come up with a way to remotely append to
our existing environment variable "Path". I am trying to
get this done to about 500 pc's. I know about replacing
Path with this line "PATH = c:\test;%PATH%" but this only
changes it for that one command prompt window. I am
trying to change it perminantly for our users. Does
anyone know of a way to do this

The path is also stored in the registry in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Environment\Path. If you can remotely access the registry, this
might be a way.

ws

 

[Major Ninth]

use pathman from the resource kit

-john

 

[David Wang [Msft]]

SET isn't going to do it for you as it only modifies the temporary "process"
environment and not the permanent "user" or "system" environment.

You can easily run a script to modify the user or system environment,
though. The following is JScript code to do this.

var WshShell = new ActiveXObject ("WScript.Shell");
var Env = WshShell.Environment( "USER" ); // or "SYSTEM"
Env("VAR_NAME") = "VAR_VALUE";

Obviously, these environment changes will be visible in processes started
AFTER the change -- so you *may* want to log out the user or reboot,
depending on how your program is launched.


There are many ways to remotely launch processes on a given machine.

--
//David
IIS
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
//
"Mfitzge9 AT nycap DOT rr DOT com" <[email protected]>
wrote in message Hello all,

Thanks in advance. These message boards are great! I'm
not sure if I'm posting this in the correct place but here
goes.

I am trying to come up with a way to remotely append to
our existing environment variable "Path". I am trying to
get this done to about 500 pc's. I know about replacing
Path with this line "PATH = c:\test;%PATH%" but this only
changes it for that one command prompt window. I am
trying to change it perminantly for our users. Does
anyone know of a way to do this

Mike

 

[RMachado]

defanatly use pathman.exe

you can add to user or machine any thing you want