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Author	eryksun
Recipients	John Palermo, docs@python, eryksun
Date	2015-07-30.19:50:27
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Message-id	<1438285828.18.0.222711908106.issue24757@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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I think a custom action can be added to Tools/msi/msisupport.c to send a [WM_SETTINGCHANGE][1] "Environment" message to top-level windows. This makes Explorer reload its environment from the registry, so starting a new command prompt (cmd.exe) from Explorer will see the updated PATH. [1]: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms725497

I think a custom action can be added to Tools/msi/msisupport.c to send a [WM_SETTINGCHANGE][1] "Environment" message to top-level windows. This makes Explorer reload its environment from the registry, so starting a new command prompt (cmd.exe) from Explorer will see the updated PATH. 

[1]: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms725497

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Date	User	Action	Args
2015-07-30 19:50:28	eryksun	set	recipients: + eryksun, docs@python, John Palermo
2015-07-30 19:50:28	eryksun	set	messageid: <1438285828.18.0.222711908106.issue24757@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2015-07-30 19:50:27	eryksun	create