D 2.0 windows installer overwrites PATH variable

[Andrej Mitrovic]

Well, maybe it would be overkill, but adding an option like "Add to PATH,
but make a backup first" which creates a .reg backup of the environment
variables on the desktop could be a nice option. There seems to be a way to
backup deleted environment variables as well, check the 3rd post on this
site:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_23153052.html

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Wei Cheng <rivercheng at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks. Then, it seems that it is a bug in NSIS.
>
> Now I know that this problem does not happen so often, but still is it
> possible to
> warn people to backup their PATH&#12288;before running it? I was fortunate
> because I
> happened to have a backup so I could recover easily. But some one may have
> worse
> luck. :)
>
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