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Shaun Luttin
Shaun Luttin

Reputation: 141792

What is the difference between the Environmental Variables for Windows System and PowerShell?

We set the Windows System Path variable via System > Advanced System Settings > Environmental Variables > Path > Edit.

We set the PowerShell ones via Env:Path += ";Some\New\Path"

What, if any, is the difference between these two?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 789

Answers (1)

briantist
briantist

Reputation: 47872

When you set the variable in powershell, it's set in that process (and its children) only. This is equivalent to using SET from the cmd prompt or a batch file.

In the dialog, you are setting the variables for the user (or for the system), which affects every process spawned under those contexts. This is analogous to using SETX from the cmd prompt or a batch file.

Upvotes: 5

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