Public/Remove-EnvPath.ps1
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Function Remove-EnvPath { [Cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess)] param( [parameter(Mandatory,ValueFromPipeline,Position=0)] [String[]]$RemovedFolder, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]$VariableTarget = [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine ) If ( ! (TEST-LocalAdmin) ) { Write-Host 'Need to RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR first'; Return 1 } # Get the Current Search Path from the Environment keys in the Registry $NewPath= [environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('PATH',$VariableTarget) # Verify item exists as an EXACT match before removing $Verify = $newpath.split(';') -contains $RemovedFolder # Find the value to remove, replace it with $NULL. If it's not found, nothing will change If ($Verify) { $NewPath = $NewPath.replace($RemovedFolder,$NULL) } # Clean up garbage from Path $Newpath=$NewPath.replace(';;',';') # Update the Environment Path if ( $PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($RemovedFolder) ) { [environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('PATH',$Newpath,$VariableTarget) $confirm = [environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('PATH',$VariableTarget).split(';') # Show our results back to the world Return $confirm } } |