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setting environment variables in vb
Name: aslogar Date: August 4, 2005 at 08:38:41 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: intel
Comment:
Is there a way to set system environment variables in vb. I see the class environ to view them, but what if I want to set them? thanks, Alex
Name: ntengineer Date: August 4, 2005 at 17:37:32 Pacific
Reply:
Environment Variables are stored in the registry, so you can save them there. But any currently running process won't see it. Also, any child process of a currently running process won't see it. But new processes will.
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Response Number 2
Name: borelli35 Date: August 11, 2005 at 18:10:55 Pacific
Reply:
I forget the specific call for this function but whatever function (exec()?) you can call command.com with you can call a string of set assignments with too.
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