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Environment refresh to update environment variables on windows without re-opening console
@echo off
::
:: RefreshEnv.cmd
::
:: Batch file to read environment variables from registry and
:: set session variables to these values.
::
:: With this batch file, there should be no need to reload command
:: environment every time you want environment changes to propagate
::
:: Original source - https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/blob/master/src/chocolatey.resources/redirects/RefreshEnv.cmd
::echo "RefreshEnv.cmd only works from cmd.exe, please install the Chocolatey Profile to take advantage of refreshenv from PowerShell"
echo | set /p dummy="Refreshing environment variables from registry for cmd.exe. Please wait..."
goto main
:: Set one environment variable from registry key
:SetFromReg
"%WinDir%\System32\Reg" QUERY "%~1" /v "%~2" > "%TEMP%\_envset.tmp" 2>NUL
for /f "usebackq skip=2 tokens=2,*" %%A IN ("%TEMP%\_envset.tmp") do (
echo/set "%~3=%%B"
)
goto :EOF
:: Get a list of environment variables from registry
:GetRegEnv
"%WinDir%\System32\Reg" QUERY "%~1" > "%TEMP%\_envget.tmp"
for /f "usebackq skip=2" %%A IN ("%TEMP%\_envget.tmp") do (
if /I not "%%~A"=="Path" (
call :SetFromReg "%~1" "%%~A" "%%~A"
)
)
goto :EOF
:main
echo/@echo off >"%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
:: Slowly generating final file
call :GetRegEnv "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" >> "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
call :GetRegEnv "HKCU\Environment">>"%TEMP%\_env.cmd" >> "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
:: Special handling for PATH - mix both User and System
call :SetFromReg "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" Path Path_HKLM >> "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
call :SetFromReg "HKCU\Environment" Path Path_HKCU >> "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
:: Caution: do not insert space-chars before >> redirection sign
echo/set "Path=%%Path_HKLM%%;%%Path_HKCU%%" >> "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
:: Cleanup
del /f /q "%TEMP%\_envset.tmp" 2>nul
del /f /q "%TEMP%\_envget.tmp" 2>nul
:: capture user / architecture
SET "OriginalUserName=%USERNAME%"
SET "OriginalArchitecture=%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"
:: Set these variables
call "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
:: Cleanup
del /f /q "%TEMP%\_env.cmd" 2>nul
:: reset user / architecture
SET "USERNAME=%OriginalUserName%"
SET "PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=%OriginalArchitecture%"
echo | set /p dummy="Finished."
echo .
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