Add System Path?!?

[rbt]

andrea_gavana at tin.it wrote:
> Hello NG,
> 
>     I have a GUI (written in wxPython) that calls some external exe files.
> Some of them requires that I add to the PATH variable 1 directory. Basically,
> the exe are located in:
> 
> /MyApp/Solvers/FirstExe
> /MyApp/Solvers/SecondExe
> 
> And so on, while the dll needed by these exe are located in:
> 
> /MyApp/MyDll
> 
> These exe files do not work if I don't set the PATH variable also to that
> adress. I know I can do it by hand (and also my users can), but I wonder
> if there is a way to do it in Python...
> 
> Thank you for all suggestions/pointers.
> 
> Andrea.
> 
> 

Check out the 'Path' value under this registry key:

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session 
Manager\Environment"

You can import _winreg to edit it as you like. I think it's a string... 
just append your path(s) to them.

rbt