Shoes installer overwrites PATH in Windows #271

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1. ccoupe commented on Dec 10, 2014

   

   ccoupe

   on Dec 10, 2014

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   I'm sorry to hear that. I un-install/install shoes two or three times a week on Win7 and haven't seen this problem. I know it was tested by others on 8.1. Do you have other applications that set the path? Perhaps shoes is conflicting with them?
2. IanTrudel commented on Dec 11, 2014

   

   IanTrudel

   on Dec 11, 2014

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   Known issue with the version of NSIS used. Read Where's the large string version of the Unicode NSIS? http://www.scratchpaper.com/home/faq

   Solution: either use Unicode NSIS or rebuild NSIS with large strings as per the instructions here — http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Special_Builds
3. ccoupe commented on Dec 12, 2014

   

   ccoupe

   on Dec 12, 2014

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   I've fixed this (NSIS now has longer strings) and tested it, @Chia-KY There's a beta build of Shoes 3.2.19 that has this fix at http://walkabout.mvmanila.com/public/shoes/shoes-3.2.19-gtk2-32.exe
   Please don't use the Advanced Packaging in the beta.
4. IanTrudel commented on Jan 8, 2015

   

   IanTrudel

   on Jan 8, 2015

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   TESTING SCENARIO

   • Save %PATH% either from command line or in Control Panel;
   • Add paths to the %PATH% with the GUI until you reach over 1024 characters;
   • Install Shoes with the installer created using your patched NSIS;
   • Check %PATH% again, should have kept everything because of the patch;
   • Uninstall Shoes, check the %PATH% again.
   • Restore %PATH% in GUI from the first step.