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May 19, 2024 13:40
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This script checks the Machine and User level environment variable PATH, and remove entries if the path does not exist. Requires Administrator Privileges.
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| $environments = @([EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine, [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User) | |
| foreach ($e in $environments) | |
| { | |
| $path = ([Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $e)).Split(';', [StringSplitOptions]::RemoveEmptyEntries) | |
| $pathList = [System.Collections.Generic.List[string]]::new() | |
| foreach ($p in $path) | |
| { | |
| if(Test-Path -Path $p) | |
| { | |
| $pathList.Add($p) | |
| } | |
| else | |
| { | |
| Write-Output "Removing non-existent path '$p' from Env:Path" | |
| } | |
| } | |
| if ($path.Count -eq $pathList.Count) | |
| { | |
| Write-Output "Nothing to clean in $e" | |
| } | |
| else{ | |
| $newPath = [System.String]::Join(';', $pathList) + ';' | |
| [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $newPath, $e) | |
| } | |
| } | |
| Write-Output 'Path cleanup completed.' |
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