Path environmental variable with PowerShell

See defined paths
$env:path.Split(';')

Add new path
[string]$JdbcAuthPath = 'C:\temp\Install-Manual\sqljdbc6220\sqljdbc_6.2\enu\auth\x64'
[string]$OldPath = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path')
[string]$NewPath = $OldPath + ';' + $JdbcAuthPath
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $NewPath, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)

Test new path

(new session)

Remove path
[string]$OldPath = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path')
[string]$NewPath = $OldPath.Replace($JdbcAuthPath, $null)
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $NewPath, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)

Test new path
(new session)

DSC Environment Resource

(https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/dsc/environmentresource) 

History

2024-02-03 Migrated from Azure Admin blog.