Environment variables -- view/edit them on windows
February 6, 2022 ยท View on GitHub
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From cmd.exe, type
SETand you'll see the value of all environment variables -
From Powershell,
Set-Location Env: -
From Windows, method 1
- Press
[Windows][Break] -- this brings upControl Panel\All Control Panel Items\System- then Find environment variables in System Properties
- Press
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From Windows, method 2 ex
[Windows][R] to bring up the run dialog and typesysdm.cpl- then Find environment variables in System Properties
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From Windows, method 3
[Windows][R] to bring up the run dialog and typerundll32 sysdm.cpl,EditEnvironmentVariables- You are already in the environment variables dialog!
Find environment variables in System Properties
- Click "Advanced System settings" (you'll need to enter Admin password or elevate) and you'll get to "System Properties"
- Advanced tab: click "Environment Variables..." - There you have "user variables for current user" and "System variables" - Note that those in the "user variables" section also exist in the System variables -- so think carefully about which one you mean.
Set a Persistent Environment variable from Powershell
[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('NAME_OF_VARIABLE', 'value goes here', [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User)