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setx — Set persistent environment variables. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/

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Problem

How to use the setx command: Set persistent environment variables. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/setx>.

Solution

setx — Set persistent environment variables. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/setx>.

Set an environment variable for the current user:

setx {{variable}} {{value}}

Set an environment variable for the current machine:

setx {{variable}} {{value}} /M

Set an environment variable for a user on a remote machine:

setx /s {{hostname}} /u {{username}} /p {{password}} {{variable}} {{value}}

Set an environment variable from a registry key value:

setx {{variable}} /k {{registry\key\path}}

Code Snippets

Set an environment variable for the current user

setx {{variable}} {{value}}

Set an environment variable for the current machine

setx {{variable}} {{value}} /M

Set an environment variable for a user on a remote machine

setx /s {{hostname}} /u {{username}} /p {{password}} {{variable}} {{value}}

Set an environment variable from a registry key value

setx {{variable}} /k {{registry\key\path}}

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