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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.   
      
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