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Minikube windows installer replaces Windows system PATH environment variable #704

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BUG REPORT

Minikube version v0.11.0

Environment:

  • OS Windows 7
  • VM Driver n/a
  • Docker version Docker version 1.11.1, build 5604cbe
  • Install tools:
  • Others:

What happened:
Windows installer replaced the system PATH environment variable with the minikube path. All installed applications cannot run anymore.

What you expected to happen:
Expected the minikube executable path to only be appended to the system PATH.

How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible):
Use the installer to install a fresh minikube

Anything else do we need to know:
This is a major bug that can be quite catastrophic for some users.

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