From: John B. <joh...@ho...> - 2013-05-01 01:53:17
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On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:54:27 -0400 , David Burt wrote: > > > ... the part I am having trouble with is > changing the path which my instructor said had to be done. first thing > is first. the get started tutorial says this. > > " If you choose to alter your PATH variable, you must ensure you alter > your user PATH variable, not your system PATH variable -- there are two > of them!" It is safe to add C:\MinGW\bin to the system PATH. It just has the effect of adding C:\MingW\bin to the PATH of all users, as a user's effective PATH is just the system PATH + the user PATH. Of course, if you delete something from the system PATH, then you will have a problem. ... > ... Should I create a new user > variable PATH and just make it C:\MinGW\bin? > That would be the safest thing to do. Just remember that a running application will not recognise the new PATH. It has to be restarted. Regards, John Brown. |
From: Earnie B. <ea...@us...> - 2013-05-01 11:50:48
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On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 9:53 PM, John Brown wrote: > Just remember that a running > application will not recognise the new PATH. It has to be restarted. Just to be clear, John means the application and not the computer; as he stated. However, if restarting the application doesn't resolve to the new PATH the most likely scenario is that some DLL has to be reloaded to read the new PATH. Knowing which DLL could be tricky and therefore restarting the computer would fix the issue. -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd |