cmd refresh path
# Add these lines to a batch file, which
# you can then call to refresh the path
# variable of your current session:
@echo off
echo | set /p dummy="Reading environment variables from registry. Please wait... "
goto main
:SetFromReg
"%WinDir%\System32\Reg" QUERY "%~1" /v "%~2" > "%TEMP%\_envset.tmp" 2>NUL
for /f "usebackq skip=2 tokens=2,*" %%A IN ("%TEMP%\_envset.tmp") do (
echo/set %~3=%%B
)
goto :EOF
:GetRegEnv
"%WinDir%\System32\Reg" QUERY "%~1" > "%TEMP%\_envget.tmp"
for /f "usebackq skip=2" %%A IN ("%TEMP%\_envget.tmp") do (
if /I not "%%~A"=="Path" (
call :SetFromReg "%~1" "%%~A" "%%~A"
)
)
goto :EOF
:main
echo/@echo off >"%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
call :GetRegEnv "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" >> "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
call :GetRegEnv "HKCU\Environment">>"%TEMP%\_env.cmd" >> "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
call :SetFromReg "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" Path Path_HKLM >> "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
call :SetFromReg "HKCU\Environment" Path Path_HKCU >> "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
echo/set Path=%%Path_HKLM%%;%%Path_HKCU%% >> "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
del /f /q "%TEMP%\_envset.tmp" 2>nul
del /f /q "%TEMP%\_envget.tmp" 2>nul
call "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
echo | set /p dummy="Done"
echo .