setx

setx

new in WS2003

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Sets local or system environment variables .

Syntax

 setx [/s   Computer   [/u [   Domain   \]   User   [/p [   Password   ]]]]   Variable     Value   [/m] setx [/s   Computer   [/u [   Domain   \]   User   [/p [   Password   ]]]] [   Variable   ]      /k   Path   [/m] 

Options

/s Computer /u [Domain\]User /p [Password]

Name or IP address of a remote computer (if omitted, defaults to local computer) and credentials for running the script (if omitted, defaults to SYSTEM built-in identity)

Variable

Name of environment variable to set

Value

Value to assign the variable

/k Path

Registry value to assign the variable (use \HIVE\KEY\...\Value format)

/m

The environment variable is a system variable (if omitted, it is a local variable)

Examples

Set the system environment variable MYOS to the value WS2003:

  setx MyOS "WS2003" /m  

Set the local environment variable BootDevice to the registry value SystemBootDevice in HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control :

  setx BootDevice /k HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SystemBootDevice  

See Also

cmd , set