Re: Windows install/run error

[Mats Bengtsson]

Quoting Gilles THIBAULT <address@hidden>:

> > > The environment variable "path" in Windows doesn't require a reboot (or
> > > log
> > > in/out).
> > Are you sure?
> I have done a little test like this :
>             - create new directory : c:\test
>             - add this directory to system environnement "path"
>                via Control Panel-> system -> advanced -> environment 
> variables
>             - create a batch file named hello.bat in this dir
>                          (with this line for exemple : echo hello world)
>             -  open a dos windows
>             - enter hello
> => Windows  find and run hello.bat (resulting "hello world" !) without
> rebooting or relogging.
> (and i have not other hello.bat on my drives ...)

This is really getting off topic and I should really not keep this
thread alive anymore. However, I'm not sure that your test case shows that

1. It works the same when the environment variable is set using the
  techniques of the LilyPond installer, as compared to setting it
  via the control panel (it probably does).
2. The setting is seen by programs that are started by double clicking
  an icon or using drag&drop onto the icon, which is the way LilyPond
  is used by virtually all first time users.


> I have noticed only these 2 environment variables (PATH and PATHEXT) that
> are modified by Lilypond.
> Have someone noticed another modified system variables ?
> (The registers are also modified but it is only to make a contextual menu
> for ly files.)

That's correct! No other environment variables are set.

  /Mats