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## Secure environment variables on windows.md

      
        
          
            
              
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                / Secure environment variables on windows.md
            
            
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                Secure environment variables on windows
              
          
        
      
        
  
      
    Encrypting

To create a DPAPI-encrypted environment variable run the following PowerShell:
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable((Read-Host "Enter name"), (Read-Host "Enter value" -AsSecureString | ConvertFrom-SecureString), 'User')

And follow the prompts: