Answer by Badr Elmers for Overcoming the 1024 character limit with setx
A new tool is born, it works very well, have unique features and solve all setx problems: regenvit works in xp+.it is better than setx ,pathed, pathman, setenvit is a fork of the old nice setenv...
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Just a little ready-to-use packing of the Powershell version . Save this as a .cmd or .bat, UTF-8 or ASCII text file . Remember to restart programs that were running during the change .@echo offset...
View ArticleAnswer by Drazul for Overcoming the 1024 character limit with setx
I think the best way is the next (with powershell)With this way also you avoid the litmit of 1024 character.You can see the code on: https://gist.github.com/drazul/b92f780689bd89a0d2a7#------------ Add...
View ArticleAnswer by Andrew Steitz for Overcoming the 1024 character limit with setx
My favorite way is to change the folder names in the PATH variables to use the 8.3 names. This StackOverflow answer has an awesome script (run from a .bat file) that will generate the "minified"...
View ArticleAnswer by Aminadav Glickshtein for Overcoming the 1024 character limit with setx
You can put this line in your BAT:setx path "%%path%%;c:\drive\fr;c:\drive\installs\7z"See the double %%.(Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/75634)
View ArticleAnswer by Fantastory for Overcoming the 1024 character limit with setx
if it is not required to keep system PATH and user PATH separate:::setx /m truncate variable length to 1024 REG ADD REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session...
View ArticleAnswer by Reza for Overcoming the 1024 character limit with setx
if you are using windows vista or higher, you can make a symbolic link to the folder. for example:mklink /d C:\pf "C:\Program Files"mklink /d C:\pf86 "C:\Program Files (x86)"would make a link so c:\pf...
View ArticleAnswer by Kharlos Dominguez for Overcoming the 1024 character limit with setx
This open-source SetEnv command-line tool is good to edit the PATH and other environment variables without limitations. It uses a dynamic buffer so no static limitations like...
View ArticleAnswer by Justin Dearing for Overcoming the 1024 character limit with setx
You could use a PowerShell script similar to the following:$newPath = 'F:\common tools\git\bin;F:\common tools\python\app;F:\common tools\python\app\scripts;F:\common...
View ArticleAnswer by Justin Dearing for Overcoming the 1024 character limit with setx
A far superior tool than setx for path manipulation is pathed.exe. Unfortunately, it's limited to editing the path.In addition to a superior user experience than setx, you don't have a 1024 character...
View ArticleAnswer by Synetech for Overcoming the 1024 character limit with setx
Your best bet is to edit the registry directly.Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment and edit the Path value (then reboot to activate the new...
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I am trying to set environment variables using the setx command, such as followssetx PATH "f:\common tools\git\bin;f:\common tools\python\app;f:\common tools\python\app\scripts;f:\common...
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