Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell

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