Hi All,
While installing Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Client for Microsoft Windows 64 bit , I got an error at step 4 of 7 (for Environment Variable Path) -
{This test checks whether the length of the environment variable "PATH" does not exceed the recommended length.
Expected Value :1023
Actual Value : 1359 }
For solution, read few articles(posts) -
1. Use % for shortening the path
Eg given was....for the below 2 paths...
F:\Documents and Settings\Marius\My Documents\tmssoftware\TMS Diagram Studio\bpl\
F:\Documents and Settings\Marius\My Documents\tmssoftware\TMS Workflow Studio\bpl\
replace the common path with a variable like....
Variable TMS = F:\Documents and Settings\Marius\My Documents\tmssoftware
and use it like this....
%TMS%\TMS Diagram Studio\bpl\
%TMS%\TMS Workflow Studio\bpl\
Sounds good but HE says.. "after every update we will have to adjust it again."
I don't know what if for some installed products, auto-updates happen.
2.Remove the unwanted paths
To reduce the excessive quantity of paths in the environment variables PATH , just save the whole line out to a notepad, and remove some and test. Most of them are there so if a shortcut does not have a full path set for the "Target", if the "Start In" is not set in the shortcut correctly or a launch is done oddly - their program and its parts and pieces are always found. It is a Fail safe in most situations.
But I don't know which ones to remove from the long list... (pasted below the ones that I am not sure of)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\12.0\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\;C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\syswow64;C:\Program Files\Broadcom\WHL\;C:\Program Files\Broadcom\WHL\syswow64;C:\Program Files\Broadcom\WHL\SysWow64\;C:\Program Files\Broadcom\WHL\SysWow64\syswow64;
Please let me know if the above paths (or part of it) can be removed.
Also if there is any better alternative, would be appreciated.
Regards
Tvishana