Impossible to use TL 2023 on Windows

[Siep Kroonenberg]

On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 10:20:25PM +0200, Denis Bitouzé wrote:
> Le 12/05/23 à 20h44, Peter Flynn a écrit :
> 
> > On 12/05/2023 16:54, Denis Bitouzé wrote:
> >> Le 11/05/23 à 21h43, Siep Kroonenberg a écrit :
> >> 
> >>> C:\Windows\System32 is missing from the path.
> >> Good catch! Problem solved: many thanks!
> >
> > Very happy to hear this.
> >
> > Next steps: in my ignorance of Windows —
> >
> > 1. Do we know the reason why C:\Windows\System32 was missing from the path?

No. This is not easy to do by accident; one might cause this e.g. by
making a mistake while modifying PATH manually.

> > 2. Is this a common problem? Something the average Windows user is likely to
> > experience?

No.

> I haven't used Windows in years, but this student seemed to know it
> well. On the other hand, he didn't know the concept of PATH until
> I suggested we take a look at it. So it's not impossible that this
> happened when TL 2021 was deleted.

I don't see how.

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Siep Kroonenberg