c# .net 编程方式修改环境变量无效的解决办法

无论是修改注册表方式（System\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Environment"），还是用Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable() 方法，其实最后只差一步。通知。

否则，只能重启操作系统生效。

网上一般这样调用的

SendMessageTimeout(
                     new IntPtr(HWND_BROADCAST),
                     WM_SETTINGCHANGE,
                     IntPtr.Zero,
                     IntPtr.Zero,
                     SendMessageTimeoutFlags.SMTO_NORMAL,
                     ,
                     out result1);

超时不说，还无效。

在微软上搜索了一篇：http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/zh-CN/2b9c995f-5ece-4cfd-83b2-fe84c96427a3/net-set-new-path-with-setenvironmentvariable?forum=netfxbcl

是这样调用的。

SendMessageTimeout(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_SETTINGCHANGE, IntPtr.Zero, "Environment", SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG, , IntPtr.Zero);

注意那个参数："Environment"。

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace UsualLib
{
    public class NotifyOS
    {
        // SendMessageTimeout tools
        [Flags]
        public enum SendMessageTimeoutFlags : uint
        {
            SMTO_NORMAL = 0x0000,
            SMTO_BLOCK = 0x0001,
            SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG = 0x0002,
            SMTO_NOTIMEOUTIFNOTHUNG = 0x0008
        }
        const int WM_SETTINGCHANGE = 0x001A;
        const int HWND_BROADCAST = 0xffff;

        [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
        public static extern IntPtr SendMessageTimeout(
           IntPtr windowHandle,
           uint Msg,
           IntPtr wParam,
           string lParam,
           SendMessageTimeoutFlags flags,
           uint timeout,
           out IntPtr result
           );

        public static void NotifyOS1()
        {
            IntPtr result1;
            //修改后发送一个消息给系统
            //调用
            SendMessageTimeout(
                                 new IntPtr(HWND_BROADCAST),
                                 WM_SETTINGCHANGE,
                                 IntPtr.Zero,
                                 "Environment",
                                 SendMessageTimeoutFlags.SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG,
                                 ,
                                 out result1);
        }
    }
}

最后，正常生效了。

写个设置JDK、ANDROID SDK的小工具，可闹腾了些天。