Add specific folders and subfolders to Windows local profile PATH environment variable with exclusions.
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Add specific folders and subfolders to Windows local profile `PATH` environment variable
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| # Get the script directory | |
| $scriptDirectory = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition | |
| # Write-Host $scriptDirectory | |
| # Add folders | |
| $foldersToInclude = @("\bin", "\my-tool").ForEach({ $scriptDirectory + $_ }) | |
| $subfoldersToIncludeInFolder = @("\portable").ForEach({ $scriptDirectory + $_ }) | |
| Write-Host "foldersToInclude" $foldersToInclude | |
| # Define the list of strings to exclude | |
| $excludeStrings = @("dict-pl", "Documents", "PortableApps") | |
| # Get all folder paths in the script directory, excluding those containing any of the specific strings | |
| $portableFolderPaths = $subfoldersToIncludeInFolder | ForEach-Object { | |
| Get-ChildItem -Path $_ -Directory | |
| } | |
| # Write-Host $portableFolderPaths | |
| $folderPaths = $portableFolderPaths | Where-Object { | |
| $folderPath = $_.FullName | |
| $exclude = $false | |
| foreach ($excludeString in $excludeStrings) { | |
| if ($folderPath -match $excludeString) { | |
| $exclude = $true | |
| break | |
| } | |
| } | |
| -not $exclude | |
| } | | |
| Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName | |
| # Write-Host $folderPaths | |
| $folderPaths = $foldersToInclude + $folderPaths | |
| # Save folder paths to a variable | |
| $allFolderPaths = $folderPaths -join "`r`n" | |
| Write-Host $allFolderPaths | |
| # Source https://stackoverflow.com/a/48624689/1722542 | |
| function Add-EnvPath { | |
| param( | |
| [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] | |
| [string] $Path, | |
| [ValidateSet('Machine', 'User', 'Session')] | |
| [string] $Container = 'Session', | |
| [Parameter(Mandatory = $False)] | |
| [Switch] $Prepend | |
| ) | |
| if (Test-Path -path "$Path") { | |
| if ($Container -ne 'Session') { | |
| $containerMapping = @{ | |
| Machine = [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine | |
| User = [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User | |
| } | |
| $containerType = $containerMapping[$Container] | |
| $persistedPaths = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $containerType) -split ';' | |
| if ($persistedPaths -notcontains $Path) { | |
| if ($Prepend) { | |
| $persistedPaths = , $Path + $persistedPaths | Where-Object { $_ } | |
| [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $persistedPaths -join ';', $containerType) | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| $persistedPaths = $persistedPaths + $Path | Where-Object { $_ } | |
| [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $persistedPaths -join ';', $containerType) | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| $envPaths = $env:Path -split ';' | |
| if ($envPaths -notcontains $Path) { | |
| if ($Prepend) { | |
| $envPaths = , $Path + $envPaths | Where-Object { $_ } | |
| $env:Path = $envPaths -join ';' | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| $envPaths = $envPaths + $Path | Where-Object { $_ } | |
| $env:Path = $envPaths -join ';' | |
| } | |
| Write-Host "Added folder:" $Path | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| Write-Host "Folder already in PATH:" $Path | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| Write-Host "Adding paths to PATH`r`n" | |
| foreach ($folderPath in $folderPaths) { | |
| Add-EnvPath $folderPath 'User' | |
| } |
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