Helix runtime inaccessible

[jwielink]

Summary

After install choco install helix the runtime directory is inaccessible even though the %HELIX_RUNTIME% environment variable is set. hx --health will return that the runtime directory does not exist. Also tutor and themes are not working (might be related to #5050).

Reproduction Steps

I tried this:

cmd> echo %HELIX_RUNTIME%
%ChocolateyInstall%\lib\helix\tools\helix-22.08-x86_64-windows\runtime

cmd> hx --health
Config file: default
Language file: default
Log file: C:\Users\jordy\AppData/Local/helix\helix.log
Runtime directory: %ChocolateyInstall%\lib\helix\tools\helix-22.08-x86_64-windows\runtime
Runtime directory does not exist.
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not working, although the runtime directory is set to the correct location, my ChocolateyInstall variable is also set:

cmd> echo %ChocolateyInstall%
C:\ProgramData\chocolatey

Restarting terminal after install or restart of pc did not resolve the issue.
Next I ran choco's RefreshEnv.cmd:

cmd> RefreshEnv.cmd
Refreshing environment variables from registry for cmd.exe. Please wait...Finished..

now the issue is resolved:

cmd> hx --health
Config file: default
Language file: default
Log file: C:\Users\jordy\AppData/Local/helix\helix.log
Runtime directory: C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\helix\tools\helix-22.08-x86_64-windows\runtime
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Helix log

No response

Platform

Windows

Terminal Emulator

wt

Helix Version

helix 22.08 (ee94031)

[prulde]

When running wt as admin:

>$env:HELIX_RUNTIME
C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\helix\tools\helix-22.08-x86_64-windows\runtime

Without:

>$env:HELIX_RUNTIME
%ChocolateyInstall%\lib\helix\tools\helix-22.08-x86_64-windows\runtime

You can overridde HELIX_RUNTIME enviroment variable in powershell profile, but first you need to change the default powershell execution policy to enable profiles:

>Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

Then you can run wt without admin rights:

>notepad $profile

$env:HELIX_RUNTIME="C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\helix\tools\helix-22.08-x86_64-windows\runtime"