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December 28, 2014 17:15
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Refreshes the path variable in a Powershell session. Taken from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14381650/how-to-update-windows-powershell-session-environment-variables-from-registry
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| foreach($level in "Machine","User") { | |
| [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariables($level).GetEnumerator() | % { | |
| # For Path variables, append the new values, if they're not already in there | |
| if($_.Name -match 'Path$') { | |
| $_.Value = ($((Get-Content "Env:$($_.Name)") + ";$($_.Value)") -split ';' | Select -unique) -join ';' | |
| } | |
| $_ | |
| } | Set-Content -Path { "Env:$($_.Name)" } | |
| } |
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Thanks. This helped me resolve an issue where I have to install an MSI inside an AppVeyor build and therefore had to refresh the path.