thank you very much it works are far as putting the "" around the path so my only issue now is every time i log in it adds it to the end?

Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
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C:\Documents and Settings\gtest>path
PATH=C:\itools;D:\itools;I:\itools;I:\applications;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;"c:\Program Files (x86)\winzip";C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;"C:\Program Files\Help Workshop";"C:\Program Files\Help Workshop";"C:\Program Files\Help Workshop";"C:\Program Files\Help Workshop";

C:\Documents and Settings\gtest>

any answers?

If InGroup ("Help Workshop")
INSTR(readvalue($key,"Path"),"C:\Program Files\Help Workshop")
$path = '"C:\Program Files\Help Workshop";' + $path
$RC=writevalue($key,"Path",$path,"REG_EXPAND_SZ")

ENDIF

Edited by Grantcrowe (2010-03-17 11:09 PM)