import sys from subprocess import check_call if sys.hexversion > 0x03000000: import winreg else: import _winreg as winreg class Win32Environment: """Utility class to get/set windows environment variable""" def __init__(self, scope): assert scope in ('user', 'system') self.scope = scope if scope == 'user': self.root = winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER self.subkey = 'Environment' else: self.root = winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE self.subkey = r'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment' def getenv(self, name): key = winreg.OpenKey(self.root, self.subkey, 0, winreg.KEY_READ) try: value, _ = winreg.QueryValueEx(key, name) except WindowsError: value = '' return value def setenv(self, name, value): # Note: for 'system' scope, you must run this as Administrator key = winreg.OpenKey(self.root, self.subkey, 0, winreg.KEY_ALL_ACCESS) winreg.SetValueEx(key, name, 0, winreg.REG_EXPAND_SZ, value) winreg.CloseKey(key) # For some strange reason, calling SendMessage from the current process # doesn't propagate environment changes at all. # TODO: handle CalledProcessError (for assert) check_call('''\ "%s" -c "import win32api, win32con; assert win32api.SendMessage(win32con.HWND_BROADCAST, win32con.WM_SETTINGCHANGE, 0, 'Environment')"''' % sys.executable)