wsh(Windows Scripting Host), how to set PATH (environment) using WSH?

how to set PATH (environment) using WSH?

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Pete #1 / 7	how to set PATH (environment) using WSH? In dos, you can type: path %path%;c:\newdirectory and this will add the path "c:\newdirectory" to your existing path environment within dos... How can I set this through a script? I need all my user's paths to have "c:\newdirectory" appended to the end...
Tue, 22 Feb 2005 02:58:09 GMT

MVP #2 / 7	how to set PATH (environment) using WSH? Quote: > In dos, you can type: path %path%;c:\newdirectory > and this will add the path "c:\newdirectory" to your existing path > environment within dos... > How can I set this through a script? I need all my user's paths to > have "c:\newdirectory" appended to the end... On NT and higher, you can use the WshEnvironment object (via the WshShell.Environment property) to access and modify environment variables in the Process, User, System, and Volatile environments. On Win9x/ME, only the Process environment is accessible, so changes made aren't persistent. -- Michael Harris Microsoft.MVP.Scripting Seattle WA US --
Tue, 22 Feb 2005 07:33:44 GMT

Pete #3 / 7	how to set PATH (environment) using WSH? can you show me an example of how append a directory to the system path, for a windows 2000 machine? Quote: > In dos, you can type: path %path%;c:\newdirectory > and this will add the path "c:\newdirectory" to your existing path > environment within dos... > How can I set this through a script? I need all my user's paths to > have "c:\newdirectory" appended to the end... On NT and higher, you can use the WshEnvironment object (via the WshShell.Environment property) to access and modify environment variables in the Process, User, System, and Volatile environments. On Win9x/ME, only the Process environment is accessible, so changes made aren't persistent. -- Michael Harris Microsoft.MVP.Scripting Seattle WA US --
Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:14:42 GMT

Torgeir Bakke #4 / 7	how to set PATH (environment) using WSH? Quote: > can you show me an example of how append a directory to the system path, for > a windows 2000 machine? Hi As I said in the other post, you should use pathman.exe for this, but if you want a VBScript example see this article: Subject: Re: Path and vbscript Newsgroups: microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript Date: 2002-07-31 23:51:05 PST http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=o7lhkuknb0fao0kvr93ug4kdmb0r6aoh... You must change the line Set uENV = oWSH.Environment("USER") to Set uENV = oWSH.Environment("SYSTEM") to update the system path. -- torgeir
Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:38:48 GMT

Torgeir Bakke #5 / 7	how to set PATH (environment) using WSH? Quote: > In dos, you can type: path %path%;c:\newdirectory > and this will add the path "c:\newdirectory" to your existing path > environment within dos... > How can I set this through a script? I need all my user's paths to have > "c:\newdirectory" appended to the end... For WinNT/Win2k/WinXP, I strongly recommend Pathman.exe (Path Manager) from the Windows 2000 Resource kit! It works on WinXP and Win Nt 4.0 as well. Use e.g. the Run method from your script to run pathman. Download Pathman.exe from here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/p... It will e.g. handle repeated entries correctly. Run pathman /? in a command prompt for more help... -- torgeir
Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:34:00 GMT

Pete #6 / 7	how to set PATH (environment) using WSH? does it need admin rights? Quote: > > In dos, you can type: path %path%;c:\newdirectory > > and this will add the path "c:\newdirectory" to your existing path > > environment within dos... > > How can I set this through a script? I need all my user's paths to have > > "c:\newdirectory" appended to the end... > For WinNT/Win2k/WinXP, I strongly recommend Pathman.exe (Path Manager) from the > Windows 2000 Resource kit! It works on WinXP and Win Nt 4.0 as well. Use e.g. > the Run method from your script to run pathman. > Download Pathman.exe from here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/p... o.asp - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Quote: > It will e.g. handle repeated entries correctly. > Run pathman /? in a command prompt for more help... > -- > torgeir
Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:53:29 GMT

Torgeir Bakke #7 / 7	how to set PATH (environment) using WSH? Quote: > > Download Pathman.exe from here: > http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/p... > o.asp > > It will e.g. handle repeated entries correctly. > > Run pathman /? in a command prompt for more help... > does it need admin rights? Yes, you will need admin rights for all changes to the system environment. If you don't have admin rights, you can update the user path instead. Pathman.exe supports this as well. -- torgeir
Wed, 23 Feb 2005 02:16:00 GMT

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