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Applications that Modify the PATH Environmental Variable Fail in an Isolated Environment

Document ID: CTX106601   /   Created On: May 18, 2005   /   Updated On: Feb 14, 2008
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Symptoms

Applications use configuration values obtained from the PATH environmental variable.

Cause

Some applications installed into an isolation environment may modify the system PATH environmental variable at install time. These changes are isolated into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Citrix\AIE\SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment.

If changes made to the PATH environmental variable during installation do not take effect at runtime, certain required DLLs are not found and the application execution process fails.

Resolution

As a workaround, follow the procedure described below:

1. Open the Windows Registry Editor (Run > Regedit).

2. Browse to the Environment key in the installation root where the application was installed. This is typically, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Citrix\AIE\My_AIE\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\Control\ Session Manager\Environment.

3. In the Environment key, double-click the Path value to open the Edit String dialog box.

4. Copy the value data of the Path value to the clipboard. Close the Edit String dialog box.

5. Delete the Path value from the Environment key.

6. Create a new String value and name it PATH. Double-click the newly created value to open it for edit.

7. Paste the value data copied in step 4 into the value data field. Close the Edit String dialog box.

8. Launch the application; it should now execute correctly.


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