How set enviornment variables

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I am using Windows XP. how do I set an enviornment variable permanently?

I've gone to System Icon in control panel, advanced tab, and I pushed the
"Enviornment Variables" push button. I've added a new path in the lower
"System variables" Window. I clicked a batch file and it didn't run. To
make sure I wasn't misspelling someting I repeated everything with a batch
file residing in C:\.

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Use Notepad to open & view contents of C:\Windows\system32\autoexec.nt
(note your Windows may be at folder \WINNT instead of \Windows)

Verify your path statement is correct.

Using Program Information Files (PIF) (like we used to use in Win9x/Me) is a good idea.
Bring up Help and Support (from the XP menus). Search on "create custom startup files for an MS-DOS-based program".
First, setup a shortcut to the program. Then go thru the "properties" of shortcut to specify what it needs.

Look up in XP's Help and Support Center, in its search box:
"Set up two shortcuts for an MS-DOS program "
"Create or change a PIF"

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Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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Don J wrote:
> I am using Windows XP. how do I set an enviornment variable
> permanently?
>
> I've gone to System Icon in control panel, advanced tab, and I pushed
> the "Enviornment Variables" push button. I've added a new path in
> the lower "System variables" Window. I clicked a batch file and it
> didn't run. To make sure I wasn't misspelling someting I repeated
> everything with a batch file residing in C:\.

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Hi,

What are you adding and what does the batch file do?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Don J" <dej8800@comcast.com> wrote in message
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> Yes I have rebooted. I want to permanently add another item to the "Path"
> Enviornment variable.
>
> Don J
>
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> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:eK6kk77bFHA.2420@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Have you rebooted since setting the environmental variable?
>> What did you set? and where?
>>
>> More detail on what you are trying to do might help get you a better
>> answer.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Don J" <dej8800@comcast.com> wrote in message
>> news:IvWdnaCEsf4XTzHfRVn-qg@comcast.com...
>>>I am using Windows XP. how do I set an enviornment variable permanently?
>>>
>>> I've gone to System Icon in control panel, advanced tab, and I pushed
>>> the "Enviornment Variables" push button. I've added a new path in the
>>> lower "System variables" Window. I clicked a batch file and it didn't
>>> run. To make sure I wasn't misspelling someting I repeated everything
>>> with a batch file residing in C:\.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>