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Is there anyway to change my path environment variable (or variables in general) on Windows 7 Exterprise (64 bit) and have it take effect in power shell or command prompt without requiring a restart? I don't mind having the reopen the shell/prompt but having to restart sucks! I'm currently changing variable from 'Advanced Systems settings'->'Environment Variables'.
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The requirement really isn't "must restart", it's "must log out/log back in" -- mostly for your current user processes to pick up the change. If all you're interested in is for the variable changes to take effect in a command window or power shell, starting a new shell after making said changes should be all that's needed. | |||||
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In my Win7 (64-bit) the console command
adds drive:\dir to the beginning of the current console's path without starting a new console. No idea why your Win7 should behave differently. I'd like to know how some programs add themselves to the %path% variable for every instance of the console, though. To change the Windows 7 path manually, check: http://geekswithblogs.net/renso/archive/2009/10/21/how-to-set-the-windows-path-in-windows-7.aspx | ||||
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