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to create a persistent variable in windows cmd in the terminal/command prompt you can type | |
setx variableName value | |
Now variableName will be available in every cmd session after exiting out of the current cmd.exe session. | |
It is a persistent, how amazing. | |
to echo it, i.e. print it out, do | |
echo %variableName% | |
to delete a persistent variable that was previously created with setx do | |
To remove the variable from the user environment (which is the default place setx puts it) use: | |
REG delete HKCU\Environment /F /V variableName | |
if you originally set it with setx /M as administrator use: | |
REG delete "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" /F /V variableName |
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