On 4/30/2008 4:01 PM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
> On Apr 30, 2008, at 2:31 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>
>> On 4/30/2008 11:56 AM, Michael wrote: >>> On 29 Apr 2008, Duncan Murdoch wrote: >>> >>>> Right, you don't need to set the system path for everything, but >>>> you do >>>> need to set it in CMD (or other shell) before running Rcmd. >>> For Win 2K/XP/Vista, the system path can be set (through the GUI >>> interface, >>> not sure how to do it with scripts) without restarting, for new CMD >>> processes started afterwards. >> >> Sure, but the installer doesn't know how to do that. It just sets >> the path in the registry; it doesn't know how to give Explorer a >> kick to get it to reload from there. As far as I know there's no >> documented way to do that. >>
Does that happen with the Rtools installer? I didn't know that. I thought explorer only changes the PATH at startup, or when you edit it from the control panel.
Duncan
> I was always very skeptical as editing PATH in the installer is
> concerned (and I have always declined any automated changes), but I
> really love the feature that allows me to edit the whole PATH
> interactively in an editor-like window.
>
> Also note that the rebooting is optional, you can still safely decline
> it so I see no reason why that should deter anyone.
>
> Cheers,
> Simon
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