MySQL Bugs: #95322: MySQL Workbench clears system PATH variable

Bug #95322	MySQL Workbench clears system PATH variable
Submitted:	9 May 2019 20:25	Modified:	10 Jun 2019 6:41
Reporter:	Dominik Stypula	Email Updates:
Status:	No Feedback	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench	Severity:	S1 (Critical)
Version:		OS:	Windows
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
I've recently installed MySQL Workbench on my Windows 7 system. And now i can't run ANY application which requires to have it's directory in system PATH variable. Only thing that it left in my PATH is this: "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Shell 8.0\bin\". I've never seen this kind of bug in ANY application ever before.

How to repeat:
Install MySQL Workbench on Windows 7, check system PATH variable.

Hello Dominik Stypula,

Thank you for the report and feedback.
I tried installing WB using "mysql-installer-commercial-8.0.16.0.msi" and with "mysql-workbench-commercial-8.0.16-winx64.msi" - confirmed pre and post installation values but no issues noticed on Win7 for WB installation.

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- Pre install
User variables for "umshastr"
PATH contains:
C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Shell 8.0\bin\;C:\Users\umshastr\.dotnet\tools

System variables
PATH contains:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Fingerprint Manager Pro\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Program Files\CMake\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\GnuWin32\bin;C:\Program Files\doxygen\bin;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Utilities 1.6\;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Enterprise Backup 8.0\\bin

- Post install

User variables for "umshastr"
PATH contains:
C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Shell 8.0\bin\;C:\Users\umshastr\.dotnet\tools

System variables
PATH contains:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Fingerprint Manager Pro\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Program Files\CMake\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\GnuWin32\bin;C:\Program Files\doxygen\bin;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Utilities 1.6\;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Enterprise Backup 8.0\\bin

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Are you sure it is just Workbench or you have installed MySQL Shell too? If you have installed MySQL Shell then probably you are hitting Bug #95246, please see Bug #95246. This is most likely duplicate of Bug #95246. Please confirm!

regards,
Umesh

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