Windows 10 - PATH error

[banasiakadam60]

System information

Geth version: 1.6.5-cf87713d
OS & Version: Windows 10

Expected behaviour

During installation geth location should be added to the PATH

Actual behaviour

It fails with error: AddToPath: original length 117 > 1024 (or simmilar)
But can be added manually

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

Try to install geth on Windows 10 with many entries in PATH

Backtrace

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1128665/29494875-5af5264e-8568-11e7-84cb-65b3dfd0ba0c.jpg

[bas-vk]

That is a known limitation of NSIS. This check was added because in the past we had problems where the installer would corrupt the existing PATH. Will check if there is a solution.

[freakabcd]

Default NSIS_MAX_STRLEN is 1024. You'll need to build it yourself with a higher limit or use an existing special build with 8192 as the limit from here NSIS Special Builds

[MarinAngelo]

OK, but as I am definitely not able to fix this by my self, what is the effect? Does this mean that geth does not work correctely?

[fjl]

It just means that the geth installation directory is not listed in PATH. You might care about this if you expect to be able to open cmd.exe and type geth to launch it. If geth is not in PATH, you need to type the full path to the installation or add it to PATH yourself.

[MarinAngelo]

OK, thanks!

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