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Re: can't change PATH preference under Windows? [message #49582 is a reply to message #49501]

Wed, 02 August 2006 09:53

Jeff N.
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Registered: April 2005

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Hi Karl,

That wasn't it either. I thought of this after my reply to Benjamin's
post, and found nothing. Thanks for the suggestion though...I guess
I'll either reinstall IDL, or, if I decide I can live with this
potential problem and take the risk that nothing else is wrong, just
use the workaround that Benjamin suggested.

Jeff

Karl Schultz wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:22:21 -0700, Jeff N. wrote:
>
>> Thanks Benjamin,
>>
>> I knew I could change !path, and I suppose i'll probably resort to
>> that, but I'm actually concerned about why this behavior is happening.
>> I'm working on a startup file that sets the path preference with
>> pref_set based on a set of conditions, and I'd like 3 computers to have
>> the same startup file...it's worked flawlessly on the 1st two, and now
>> on this third machine i'm getting this weird behavior.
>>
>> Thanks for your quick reply though!
>> Jeff
>
> On the third machine, you probably have the IDL_PATH environment variable
> set.
>
> Right-click My Computer
> Properties
> Advanced tab
> Environment Variables
>
> Look for IDL_PATH.
>
> When I set IDL_PATH in my environment, I get exactly the behavior you
> describe.
>
> Karl

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		can't change PATH preference under Windows? By: Jeff N. on Tue, 01 August 2006 15:34
		Re: can't change PATH preference under Windows? By: Jeff N. on Wed, 02 August 2006 19:06
		Re: can't change PATH preference under Windows? By: Jeff N. on Wed, 02 August 2006 16:10
		Re: can't change PATH preference under Windows? By: Doug Edmundson on Wed, 02 August 2006 12:01
		Re: can't change PATH preference under Windows? By: Jeff N. on Wed, 02 August 2006 09:53

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