About this tag
Discussions tagged with 'variables' on WindowsForum.com cover environment variables in Windows, including issues with paths containing spaces, resetting accidentally deleted PATH variables, and Windows Installer packages not updating system environment variables. Other topics include using variables in batch files for command output and file operations, as well as CSS Custom Properties in Microsoft Edge for cascading variables across CSS properties. A thread about RAM speed detection in Task Manager also uses the term 'variable' in a different context. These conversations provide practical troubleshooting and guidance for managing variables in Windows and web development.
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    Windows 10 Environmental Variable Issue: Path with Spaces Not Recognized in Windows

    I entered the following path in my environmental variable: C:\Users\KUNDAN JI\AppData\Local\Programs\Thonny; But it is not recognizing. Is it because of the gap in KUNDAN JI. How to solve the problem?
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    Windows 10 CMD.EXE - How to fix command output into variable

    Hi! I tried to send command output to variable. I'm using is in Windows 10.1903 x64 I used syntax: SET /P variable= | command I used batch by context menu to get word, characters and lines count in text file using old WC tool (it's great). First I used only copying output into clipboard by...
    • MIRKOSOFT
    • Thread
    • batch file character count clipboard cmd command output error resolution file path line count message command output path correction script help scripting set command syntax error text count variables wc tool windows 10 word count
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  3. Rapaaja

    Windows 10 Win 10 ram with variable speed ?

    HI 1Questions wonders: that is, the question is why when Windows 10 Task Manager when you look at the RAM memory speeds so far it will appear 1200Mhz even though the memory speed is 2400Mhz. However, in bios, everything is displayed correctly, in terms of volume and speed. Memory is 8Gt DDR4...
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    Windows 7 Batch File will not execute multiple moves

    Please Help! I have a batch file that performs the following tasks: 1) renames a counter field 2) creates two variables that will be used later to rename two separate files 3) Opens SQL*Plus and starts an Oracle Script which starts two separate stored procedures 4) Moves and renames the...
    • Lisa Brooks
    • Thread
    • batch file command line context database error handling execution expansion file management file renaming moving files oracle path issues permissions scripting spool files sql stored procedures troubleshooting variables
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Software
  5. kannabalistic

    Windows 7 Environmental variables HELP!!!

    I know I ares retard I was setting up the Java jdk and I accidentally deleted the path variable and I want to know if there is a way to reset it??? I have tried tons of other sources but I couldn't find anything that would help. Please this forum is my last hope and it hasn't failed me with past...
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    Windows 7 basic scripting, usage piping, output redirections and variable in one example.

    Hi, I mostly use another OS, and need to rewrite following script into one which works in windows. OK, here's the command: curl -s -x 127.0.0.1:8888 -b ./cookies.txt -X GET Link Removed 2>&1 | tr -d '[]' | sed "s/,/\n/g" | head -n 1 | sed "s/.\(.*\)./\1/" here's what it does: loads content of...
    • alfonz19
    • Thread
    • automation batch file coding command command line curl environment variables input json output redirection piping scripting shell commands tech support troubleshooting variables windows word processing
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming and Scripting
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    Windows 7 set /p not working

    The following code doesnt set the value of a to user input..why? Can anyone help plz... set /p a ="sdff " pause echo %a% pause
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    Windows 7 Cannot set PATH environment variable

    Hello An application I installed is not working and the product support dept for the application said the reason is that the path environment variable is not set correctly. In System/Advanced/System Settings/Envinonment Variables/Path is shows the following: C:\Program Files\Common...
    • Peter Sellers
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    • application bluetooth command dllshared environmental miktex mplus path programs quicktime roxio sets settings solutions sql server support system variables wifi windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 How to Restore Deleted Path Variable in Windows Systems

    My son deleted the path variable by accident so how can i reset it back to normal?
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    Windows 7 Accidentally Deleted CLASSPATH system variable for 32bit

    can someone please help me
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    Windows 7 Schtasks - Import XML

    I am making a program. I want to import XML file to schtasks.exe, I have to set the path of the program. Here's the part of XML code : <Exec> <Command>"C:\MyPath\program.exe"</Command> <Arguments>/copy</Arguments> </Exec> In my opinion, I have to set the path as variable, so...
    • ina
    • Thread
    • arguments author automation command import path programs resources schtasks scripting user id variables windows xml
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Programming and Scripting
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    Windows 7 PATH system32 should be System32

    Just a message for the MS support staff. This is either something that has come up hundreds of times (and I can't find it) or I'm just plain wrong. (I think that this same problem existed in Vista, so this may be really old and I'm making a fool out of myself.) In Control...
    • Kidd
    • Thread
    • case sensitivity control panel environmental error reporting path support system settings system32 variables windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  13. Socar

    Windows 7 Setting Path Environment Variable Does Not Work

    I can add to the System Variable “Pathâ€Â￾, however it does not seem to have any effect on the command line. I have added “C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_05\binâ€Â￾ to the system variables however running I still get the following error: ‘java’ is not...
    • Socar
    • Thread
    • command line configuration environmental error java jdk path system variables variables windows
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support