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|    Todd Vargo to billious    |
|    Re: variable's lifetime    |
|    11 Sep 13 16:58:32    |
      From: tlvargo@sbcglobal.netz              On 9/10/2013 7:00 PM, billious wrote:       > On 11/09/2013 05:44, Todd Vargo wrote:              >> SETX is not a Windows command.       >> It is a 3rd party add-on utility. :-)       >>       >       > Um - not the case. It's inbuilt into W7, does not appear on the DOS HELP       > list, but does under "Help and support/Command Reference Overview" (but       > since Help and support no longer has a favourites, you have to remember       > the reference. One wonders why one has a computer...)       >       > SETX sets the environment variable for all FUTURE instances of CMD.EXE.       > it does not change the CURRENT or PAST instances.       >       > I believe that you are remembering the XSET utility endlessly spammed as       > the killer utility in this and associated groups some years ago.              You are 100% correct, XSET is what I was thinking of. And I did not know       SETX was added to Win7 either. Thanks for correcting me.              --       Todd Vargo       (Post questions to group only. Remove "z" to email personal messages)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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