Environment variable set where?

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"Linn Kubler" wrote:
| Hi,
|
| I have an application that uses the environment variable ClientName to
store
| some information. It looks like this env. variable is set in the registry
| in the hkcu hive.
* Where are you getting this?

It is set for console, is this some sort of default and
| can I change it?
* And this?

Do I have to change it here or is there a control panel
| somewhere that handles this setting? I first looked in the System control
| panel, under Environment Variables but didn't see it there at all.
* From a command prompt;
set
will display the system and user environment variables.


| I want to set this to the machine name cause I have a number of identical
| systems and they are currently all set the same, I'd like them unique.
* You can ADD the variable to Control Panel|System|Advanced|Environment
Variables as a system or user variable depending on your needs.

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Thanks for the information. My problem isn't how to set the environment
variable but rather simply identify where the env. is being set. Once I
locate that I can try to figure out how to set it the way I want.

Thanks,
Linn

"cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)" <cquirkenews@nospam.mvps.org> wrote in
message news:25umd110ihhknn7r6sp7185tuticqkn46h@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:16:18 -0500, "Linn Kubler"
>
> >I have an application that uses the environment variable ClientName to
store
> >some information. It looks like this env. variable is set in the
registry
> >in the hkcu hive. It is set for console, is this some sort of default
and
> >can I change it? Do I have to change it here or is there a control panel
> >somewhere that handles this setting? I first looked in the System
control
> >panel, under Environment Variables but didn't see it there at all.
>
> >I want to set this to the machine name cause I have a number of identical
> >systems and they are currently all set the same, I'd like them unique.
>
> Newly-started sessions take their variables from the following
> registry keys, so that setting these before any sessions have started
> will pass variables to the environment of these sessions:
>
> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\...\Environment
> HKCU\Environment
> HKCU\Volatile Environment
>
> The HKEY_CURRENT_USER settings override (in the case of Path, append)
> the values set in HKEY_LOCAL_SYSTEM. As the name suggests, the
> Volatile Environment does not persist after restarting Windows.
>
> If you set values in these keys programatically, e.g. my merging in a
> .REG file or using Reg from a batch file, then the changes do not
> appear until the next Windows session (or ever, in the case of
> Volatile). So you may need MS's SetX.exe from the SP2 Support
> subtree, or a free third-party tool called SetEnv.exe
>
> SetEnv has easier syntax than SetX.exe, plus it supports the Volatile
> Environment, which SetX.exe does not.
>
> Both these tools will cause changes to be immediately available to
> sessions started after the changes are made. Any existing sessions
> will more likely ignore the changes, unless they specifically check to
> see whether the environment has changed.
>
>
>
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