Powershell: setting environment variable Path local to script only and not session

Question

In my script, when I do

$env:Path = "Some Path"

and I execute my script within the ISE, $env:Path for the ISE session is now set to "Some Path". I would like to modify the $env:Path for the script only, making it revert back to the original value in the ISE session,after the execution of the script. Right now, I have to close and restart the ISE.

The idea is to change the environment for the scope of my script only. If there is a better idiom in Powershell, please let me know.

Use the script scope?

noam
– noam

2014-03-07 17:32:56 +00:00
Commented Mar 7, 2014 at 17:32 — noam
– noam, Commented Mar 7, 2014 at 17:32

TheMadTechnician · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-07 16:19:05Z

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You could always just save the original path, and reset it back at the end of the script...

$origPath = $env:Path
$env:Path = "Some Path"

<script>

$env:Path = $origPath

answered Mar 7, 2014 at 16:19

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