Remove content of PATH variable on windows to prevent dll conflicts

Fixes T224

diff --git a/Cura/cura.py b/Cura/cura.py
index 27bac0d3902f1d2571c0029ffc95adca9288a52d..c6d4e80b0d2cda886f8eb93fd7f7c1a3f35c8bb1 100644 (file)
--- a/Cura/cura.py
+++ b/Cura/cura.py
@@ -81,4 +81,15 @@ def main():
                app.CuraApp(args).MainLoop()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+       import os
+       import sys
+
+       # On Windows, the PATH variable can cause the search path for dlls
+       # to give priority to dlls from other applications and it will cause
+       # the bundled python dlls not to be loaded.
+       # More specifically, anyone with Haskell Platform installed will not
+       # be able to launch Cura because glut32.dll from Haskell is incompatible
+       # with the bundled py-opengl and will cause Cura to crash
+       if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
+               os.environ['PATH'] = ''
        main()