Fix registry value type of environmental variable (PATH)

Author: wandersick

README.md

@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ Return code: 7
 
 | Ver | Date | Changes |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| 2.0 | 20200623 | - Add setup.exe for an installation option alongside existing portable mode, adding to Run prompt and PATH environmental variable to enable the 'ChMac' command anywhere for ease of use<br>- Fix (remove) EnableLUA debug message that is displayed during UAC elevation<br>- Wrap exclamation marks around ChMacDir variable to handle parentheses<br>- Fix a bug where ChMac (Command Prompt) does not totally exit at the end<br>- Improve UAC elevation mechanism so that it supports Run prompt |
+| 2.0 | 20200627 | - Add setup.exe for an installation option alongside existing portable mode, adding to Run prompt and PATH environmental variable to enable the 'ChMac' command anywhere for ease of use<br>- Fix (remove) EnableLUA debug message that is displayed during UAC elevation<br>- Wrap exclamation marks around ChMacDir variable to handle parentheses<br>- Fix a bug where ChMac (Command Prompt) does not totally exit at the end<br>- Improve UAC elevation mechanism so that it supports Run prompt |
 | 1.3 | 20200614 | - Elevate as administrator as needed when User Account Control (UAC) is enabled in the system |
 | 1.2 | 20190629 | - Improve compatibility on Windows 10 by changing binaries of GNU Linux utilities<br>- Handle cases when the system PATH variable contains parenthesis  |
 | 1.1 | 20120916 | Interim release |

Setup/Setup.ahk

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ IfNotExist, %targetDir%\wandersick\ChMac\ChMac.bat
 		; EnvGet, envVarPath, Path
 		RegRead, envVarPath, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment, Path
 		envVarPathNew = %envVarPath%;%targetDir%\wandersick\ChMac\
-		RegWrite, REG_SZ, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment, Path, %envVarPathNew%
+		RegWrite, REG_EXPAND_SZ, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment, Path, %envVarPathNew%
 		Sleep, 1000
 		; Broadcast WM_SETTINGCHANGE message for the updated PATH to take effect
 		EnvUpdate
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ IfNotExist, %targetDir%\wandersick\ChMac\ChMac.bat
 		envVarPathNewTemp2 := StrReplace(envVarPathNewTemp1, targetDirToRemove2)
 		envVarPathNewTemp3 := StrReplace(envVarPathNewTemp2, targetDirToRemove3)
 		envVarPathNew := StrReplace(envVarPathNewTemp3, targetDirToRemove4)
-		RegWrite, REG_SZ, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment, Path, %envVarPathNew%
+		RegWrite, REG_EXPAND_SZ, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment, Path, %envVarPathNew%
 		Sleep, 1000
 		; Broadcast WM_SETTINGCHANGE message for the updated PATH to take effect
 		EnvUpdate