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Discussions tagged with 'permanence' on WindowsForum.com focus on making environment variable changes persistent across sessions, particularly from the command line. Users seek methods to set variables permanently for a specific user or system-wide without using the Windows GUI. Solutions often involve registry modifications or command-line tools like setx. The tag covers practical troubleshooting for developers and IT professionals who need to automate environment configuration.
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    Windows 7 How to set an environment variable PERMANENT from cmdline?

    If I open a CmdPrompt and type set myvar=foobar then this environment variable is set only for the time the CmdPrompt exists and is only visible INSIDE the CmdPrompt. How do I set such an environemnt variable from CmdPrompt (!) but permanently (forever) for - a certain user - whole...
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    • command line command prompt environment variables permanence permanent registry set variable system variables user variables
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