如果在PowerShell会话期间，您需要查看或临时修改PATH环境变量，您可以键入以下命令之一:

$env:Path                             # shows the actual content
$env:Path = 'C:\foo;' + $env:Path     # attach to the beginning
$env:Path += ';C:\foo'                # attach to the end

我发现将C:\vcpkg永久添加到我的PATH env变量中而没有缺点的最简单的解决方案是:

$current_PATH = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", "USER");[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", "$current_PATH;C:\vcpkg;", "USER")

您可以将“USER”更改为“MACHINE”以更改系统环境变量(需要一个管理终端，您可能需要将“Environment”更改为“system .Environment”)，甚至可以将“PROCESS”更改为仅更改本地PATH环境变量(不会永久更改)。分别是"USER"=1 "MACHINE"=2和"PROCESS"=0以下是关于这些命令的文档

我发现了另外两个答案，但有很大的缺点，我不建议使用它们。两者都使用SETX，因为它是由PowerShell实现的，以永久地改变env变量。这些命令的缺点是，你将复制你的系统路径到你的区域路径，你需要PowerShell来使用它们:

setx PATH "$($Env:PATH);C:\vcpkg;"

更长，但允许使用其他env变量:

$($Env:PATH).Split(';') | %{ $str += "$($_.Trim('"'));" }; %{ $str += "C:\vcpkg;" } ; setx PATH $str; %{ $str = "" }

警告:在PowerShell提示符中执行$env:path >> a.out保存现有路径的副本，以防出现错误。

PowerShell提示符:

setx PATH "$env:path;\the\directory\to\add" -m

然后你应该看到文本:

SUCCESS: Specified value was saved.

重新启动会话，变量就可用了。Setx也可以用来设置任意变量。输入setx /?在文档提示符处。

只有将值推入注册表的答案才会影响永久更改(因此这个线程上的大多数答案，包括已接受的答案，不会永久影响Path)。

下面的函数适用于Path / PSModulePath和User / System类型。默认情况下，它还会将新路径添加到当前会话。

function AddTo-Path {
    param ( 
        [string]$PathToAdd,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][ValidateSet('System','User')][string]$UserType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][ValidateSet('Path','PSModulePath')][string]$PathType
    )

    # AddTo-Path "C:\XXX" "PSModulePath" 'System' 
    if ($UserType -eq "System" ) { $RegPropertyLocation = 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment' }
    if ($UserType -eq "User"   ) { $RegPropertyLocation = 'HKCU:\Environment' } # also note: Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ format
    $PathOld = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $RegPropertyLocation -Name $PathType).$PathType
    "`n$UserType $PathType Before:`n$PathOld`n"
    $PathArray = $PathOld -Split ";" -replace "\\+$", ""
    if ($PathArray -notcontains $PathToAdd) {
        "$UserType $PathType Now:"   # ; sleep -Milliseconds 100   # Might need pause to prevent text being after Path output(!)
        $PathNew = "$PathOld;$PathToAdd"
        Set-ItemProperty -Path $RegPropertyLocation -Name $PathType -Value $PathNew
        Get-ItemProperty -Path $RegPropertyLocation -Name $PathType | select -ExpandProperty $PathType
        if ($PathType -eq "Path") { $env:Path += ";$PathToAdd" }                  # Add to Path also for this current session
        if ($PathType -eq "PSModulePath") { $env:PSModulePath += ";$PathToAdd" }  # Add to PSModulePath also for this current session
        "`n$PathToAdd has been added to the $UserType $PathType"
    }
    else {
        "'$PathToAdd' is already in the $UserType $PathType. Nothing to do."
    }
}

# Add "C:\XXX" to User Path (but only if not already present)
AddTo-Path "C:\XXX" "User" "Path"

# Just show the current status by putting an empty path
AddTo-Path "" "User" "Path"

正如Jonathan Leaders在这里提到的，运行提升的命令/脚本来改变“machine”的环境变量是很重要的，但是运行一些提升的命令并不一定要用社区扩展来完成，所以我想在某种程度上修改和扩展JeanT的回答，即使脚本本身没有运行提升，也可以改变机器变量:

function Set-Path ([string]$newPath, [bool]$permanent=$false, [bool]$forMachine=$false )
{
    $Env:Path += ";$newPath"

    $scope = if ($forMachine) { 'Machine' } else { 'User' }

    if ($permanent)
    {
        $command = "[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('PATH', $env:Path, $scope)"
        Start-Process -FilePath powershell.exe -ArgumentList "-noprofile -command $Command" -Verb runas
    }

}

基于@Michael Kropat的回答，我添加了一个参数，将新路径前置到现有的path变量中，并检查以避免添加不存在的路径:

function Add-EnvPath {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $Path,

        [ValidateSet('Machine', 'User', 'Session')]
        [string] $Container = 'Session',

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
        [Switch] $Prepend
    )

    if (Test-Path -path "$Path") {
        if ($Container -ne 'Session') {
            $containerMapping = @{
                Machine = [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine
                User = [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User
            }
            $containerType = $containerMapping[$Container]

            $persistedPaths = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $containerType) -split ';'
            if ($persistedPaths -notcontains $Path) {
                if ($Prepend) {
                    $persistedPaths = ,$Path + $persistedPaths | where { $_ }
                    [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $persistedPaths -join ';', $containerType)
                }
                else {
                    $persistedPaths = $persistedPaths + $Path | where { $_ }
                    [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path', $persistedPaths -join ';', $containerType)
                }
            }
        }

        $envPaths = $env:Path -split ';'
        if ($envPaths -notcontains $Path) {
            if ($Prepend) {
                $envPaths = ,$Path + $envPaths | where { $_ }
                $env:Path = $envPaths -join ';'
            }
            else {
                $envPaths = $envPaths + $Path | where { $_ }
                $env:Path = $envPaths -join ';'
            }
        }
    }
}