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 ...)
But there is perhaps a difference with XP pro (i use XP familial edition)
I know for certain that we have had some problems
reported on the mailing list that have been solved by log out/in.
Maybe it's the PATHEXT environment variable that caused the problems
then.
In this specific case, I would rather suspect that there is some
other environment variable that was already set before LilyPond was
installed, which somehow interferes with LilyPond.
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.)
Gilles
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