Correct PATH variable using a SD Package

Products

• CA Client Automation - IT Client Manager
• CA Client Automation

Issue/Introduction

if PATH variable contains some error on a lot of machines, how to correct it using a SD Package ?

Example :
Some machines have these path in PATH variable :

%SystemRoott%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;%SYSTEMROOOT%\System32\OpenSSH\;

SystemRoot name is incorrect (2 t or 3 o)

Environment

Client Automation - All Versions

Resolution

1- Create a .bat file containing these lines :

This example is based on example above.
It replaces %SYSTEMROOOT% by %SYSTEMROOT% and %SYSTEMROOTT% by %SYSTEMROOT%

@echo off

SET POWERSHELL=%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

echo PATH BEFORE :
%POWERSHELL% -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -Command "(Get-Item -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment').GetValue('PATH', '','DoNotExpandEnvironmentNames')"
echo.

%POWERSHELL% -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -Command "$tmppath=(Get-Item -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment').GetValue('PATH', '','DoNotExpandEnvironmentNames') -replace '%%SYSTEMROOOT%%','%%SYSTEMROOT%%' ; $tmppath=$tmppath -replace '%%SYSTEMROOTT%%','%%SYSTEMROOT%%' ; [Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::SetValue('HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment','Path',$tmppath,[Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind]::ExpandString)

echo.

echo PATH AFTER :
%POWERSHELL% -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -Command "(Get-Item -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment').GetValue('PATH', '','DoNotExpandEnvironmentNames')"

 

2- Create a SD Package for this .bat file