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SET Command in DOS or XP CMD

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Name: colmite
Date: August 2, 2005 at 07:35:59 Pacific
OS: windowsXP
CPU/Ram: 2gig ram 3.6ghz
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HI there,
I am trying to create a variable that will be read later on using the following command:

Set INSTALLS=installed apps

if I then do a SET I can see the variable I just put, however if I close this cmd window and then re open and go to set, the viarable is no longer there.

can someone let me know how to make this variable stay? also can some one let me know how ot delete this string later on.

thanks a bunch

thx



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Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: August 2, 2005 at 08:03:16 Pacific
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I don't think it's possible for a var set to stay stuck once the command shell is exited, whether it's cmd.exe or command.com.


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Response Number 2
Name: StuartS
Date: August 2, 2005 at 11:03:33 Pacific
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Go to System Properties > Advanced > Environmental Variables. You should be able to permanently set the variable there.

Stuart


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