system environment variable

[cezar]

Anyone has a script that will set system environment variable and will persist until logoff or reboot. This is for Windows XP/2000.

Thanks

[Jos]

Anyone has a script that will set system environment variable and will persist until logoff or reboot. This is for Windows XP/2000.

Thanks

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Check out EnvSet() and EnvUpdate() in the helpfile ...

(and maybe also check the forum purpose... these kind of posts fit into the :

v3 Support

Help and scripting advice for AutoIt v3. )

[this-is-me]

You can use the commandline setx to do that.

[Jos]

You can use the commandline setx to do that.

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@this-is-me, is this a typo or a separate program "setx" ?

Because afaik the commandline Set command won't work because that changes made only last till the CMD/Command box is closed...

Edited February 10, 2005 by JdeB

[gosu]

Wrong forum.

[Jos]

Wrong forum.

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Echooooooooooo

[MHz]

@this-is-me, is this a typo or a separate program "setx" ?

Because afaik the commandline Set command won't work because that changes made only last till the CMD/Command box is closed...

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Setx.exe

This command-line tool offers a batch method for setting environmental variables in the user or system environment and requires no programming or scripting. In addition to taking an environmental variable and its associated value from the command line, it can also get the values of registrykeys and write them to text files.

SetX provides the only command-line or programmatic way to directly set system environment values for Microsoft Windows 2000. System environment variables are manually configureable through Control Panels or through a registry editor (Regedit or Regedt32). The SET command, which is internal to the command interpreter (Cmd.exe), sets only user environment variables for the current console window.

[Jos]

Setx.exe

This command-line tool offers a batch method for setting environmental variables -snip-

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Thanks for the info...

[cezar]

Thank you for your replys. I thought "setx" is only for Windows NT but I guess not. I will try to play with setx later today. Sorry I posted in the wrong forum.

[this-is-me]

Hey, sorry for late reply, but I guess you figured it out.

[JerryD]

Under XP (and I assume 2K/NT), User environment variables are stored in the registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment

System environment variables are stored under:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment

Jerry