From 2a60b2e41c5e6f3320d1eb2491f291cf0e36ba5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zoicware <118035521+zoicware@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:16:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix broken system envrioment var PATH #112

---
 RemoveWindowsAi.ps1 | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/RemoveWindowsAi.ps1 b/RemoveWindowsAi.ps1
index f3fa263..0451cf4 100644
--- a/RemoveWindowsAi.ps1
+++ b/RemoveWindowsAi.ps1
@@ -281,6 +281,14 @@ function Write-Status {
     
 }
 
+#some users have messed with the system envrioment variables (for some reason) this breaks inline cmdlets like Reg.exe 
+#to fix this we can ensure the enviroment variable for this powershell session is set properly
+if ($env:PATH -notlike "*$env:SystemRoot\system32;*") {
+    Write-Status -msg "System Envrioment Variable 'PATH' is corrupted! Fixing for script session..." -errorOutput
+    $env:PATH = "$env:SystemRoot\system32;$env:SystemRoot;$env:SystemRoot\System32\Wbem;" + $env:PATH
+}
+
+
 #setup script
 #=====================================================================================