def set_env(name, value, current=True):
"""Set HKCU/HKLM environment variables"""
root = (
winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER
if current
else winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
)
key = winreg.OpenKey(root, "Environment")
try:
_x, key_type = winreg.QueryValueEx(key, name)
except WindowsError:
key_type = winreg.REG_EXPAND_SZ
key = winreg.OpenKey(
root, "Environment", 0, winreg.KEY_SET_VALUE
)
winreg.SetValueEx(key, name, 0, key_type, value)
from win32gui import SendMessageTimeout
from win32con import (
HWND_BROADCAST,
WM_SETTINGCHANGE,
SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG,
)
SendMessageTimeout(
HWND_BROADCAST,
WM_SETTINGCHANGE,
0,
"Environment",
SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG,
5000,
)
def get_env(name, current=True):
"""Return HKCU/HKLM environment variable name and value
For example, get_user_env('PATH') may returns:
('Path', u'C:\\Program Files\\Intel\\WiFi\\bin\\')"""
root = winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER if current else winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
key = winreg.OpenKey(root, "Environment")
for index in range(0, winreg.QueryInfoKey(key)[1]):
try:
value = winreg.EnumValue(key, index)
if value[0].lower() == name.lower():
# Return both value[0] and value[1] because value[0] could be
# different from name (lowercase/uppercase)
return value[0], value[1]
except:
break
