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Windows 8.1 PATH env var does not evaluate locations

Open Tatsujinichi opened this issue 7 years ago • 1 comments

file paths are specified in other env variables, these were not evaluated.

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My Environment

  • [ ] Windows 7 or below (not truly supported due to EOL - see wiki for details)

  • [ ] Windows 8

  • [x] Windows 8.1

  • [ ] Windows 10

  • [ ] Windows 10 IoT Core

  • [ ] Windows Server 2012

  • [ ] Windows Server 2012 R2

  • [ ] Windows Server 2016

  • [ ] My Windows installation is non-English.

I'm using NVM4W version:

  • [x] 1.1.6
  • [ ] 1.1.5
  • [ ] 1.1.4
  • [ ] 1.1.3
  • [ ] 1.1.2
  • [ ] 1.1.1
  • [ ] Older
  • [ ] OTHER (Please Specify)

I have already...

  • [ ] read the README to be aware of npm gotchas & antivirus issues.
  • [ ] reviewed the wiki to make sure my issue hasn't already been resolved.
  • [x] verified I'm using an account with administrative privileges.
  • [ ] searched the issues (open and closed) to make sure this isn't a duplicate.
  • [ ] made sure this isn't a question about how to use NVM for Windows, since gitter is used for questions and comments.

My issue is related to (check only those which apply):

  • [ ] settings.txt
  • [ ] proxy support (Have you tried version 1.1.0+?)
  • [ ] 32 or 64 bit support (Have you tried version 1.1.3+?)
  • [ ] Character escaping (Have you tried version 1.1.6+?)
  • [ ] A standard shell environment (terminal/powershell)
  • [ ] A non-standard shell environment (Cmder, Hyper, Cygwin, git)

Expected Behavior

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Actual Behavior

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Steps to reproduce the problem:

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Tatsujinichi avatar Feb 15 '18 09:02 Tatsujinichi

Are you by any chance using Powershell?

I am noting that $env:PATH contains "%NVM_HOME%;%NVM_SYMLINK%" which of course just CMD understands but not Powershell.

k-j-kleist avatar Jan 19 '19 14:01 k-j-kleist