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Notify processes to refresh their environment variables
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Currently only for the powershell installer
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DavisVaughan committed Dec 19, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ function Invoke-Installer($artifacts, $platforms) {
Add-Ci-Path $dest_dir
if (Add-Path $dest_dir) {
Write-Information ""
Write-Information "To add $dest_dir to your PATH, either restart your system or run:"
Write-Information "To add $dest_dir to your PATH, either restart your shell or run:"
Write-Information ""
Write-Information " set Path=$dest_dir;%Path% (cmd)"
Write-Information " `$env:Path = `"$dest_dir;`$env:Path`" (powershell)"
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$NewPath = $PathToAdd + $OldPath
# We use -Force here to make the value already existing not be an error
$Item | New-ItemProperty -Name $PropertyName -Value $NewPath -PropertyType String -Force | Out-Null
# Notify running processes that they should update their environment variables (in particular, explorer.exe)
# This ensures we only need a shell restart, rather than a system restart
Update-EnvironmentVariables
return $true
}
}

<#
The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Objectivity Bespoke Software Specialists

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
#>
function Update-EnvironmentVariables {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Reloads environment variables.

.DESCRIPTION
Need to be run after changing global environment variables.
For details see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6979741/setting-environment-variables-requires-reboot-on-64-bit

.EXAMPLE
Update-EnvironmentVariables
#>

[CmdletBinding()]
[OutputType([void])]
param()

Write-Verbose "Reloading environment variables."
if (-not ("win32.nativemethods" -As [type])) {
# import sendmessagetimeout from win32
Add-Type -Namespace Win32 -Name NativeMethods -MemberDefinition @"
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern IntPtr SendMessageTimeout(
IntPtr hWnd, uint Msg, UIntPtr wParam, string lParam,
uint fuFlags, uint uTimeout, out UIntPtr lpdwResult);
"@
}

$HWND_BROADCAST = [intptr]0xffff;
$WM_SETTINGCHANGE = 0x1a;
$result = [uintptr]::zero

# Notify all windows of environment block change
[void]([win32.nativemethods]::SendMessageTimeout($HWND_BROADCAST, $WM_SETTINGCHANGE, [uintptr]::Zero, "Environment", 2, 5000, [ref]$result))

if ($result -eq 0) {
throw "Failed to reload environment variables."
} else {
Write-Verbose "Environment variables have been reloaded."
}
}

function Initialize-Environment() {
If (($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major) -lt 5) {
throw @"
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