How do I register my application to be executed in the command line?

Question

Just typing notepad in CMD is enough to open it. So is executing Process.Start("notepad"); .

How do I get my application to be executable from anywhere without having to specify the complete path?

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '14 at 16:25

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Add the current directory to the PATH environment variable. Preferably the PATH environment variable of your profile, not the system profile whenever possible

answered May 13 '14 at 16:25

AcidJunkie

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Thanks! (Can't believe I couldn't find it anywhere.) – ispiro May 13 '14 at 16:27
NP :) Glad i could help – AcidJunkie May 13 '14 at 16:28
For anybody looking for how to do it. I found that here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9546324/adding-directory-to-path-environment-variable-in-windows . – ispiro May 13 '14 at 16:29

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 13 '14 at 16:31

notepad works because its folder is in the PATH variable. You can get and set it with methods in the Environment class.

var path = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH",
                         EnvironmentVariableTarget.Machine);
path += @";\my\path";
Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", path,
                         EnvironmentVariableTarget.Machine);

(note that you'd only want to do this once, and should probably check that the path isn't already in PATH before adding it)

How do I register my application to be executed in the command line?

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