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   Bernhard Schornak to R.Wieser   
   Re: How to manipulate envirionment varia   
   13 Oct 18 17:54:25   
   
   From: schornak@nospicedham.web.de   
      
   R.Wieser wrote:   
      
      
   > Hello all,   
   >   
   > Many years ago I wrote a DOS program which could read, remove and create the   
   > consoles environment variables.   The same does not work under Windows   
   > anymore (neither by using INT 2Eh, nor by following the PSP chain up to the   
   > console program and than grabbing the environment segment from it).    This   
   > is most likely because the programs get wrapped in an ntvdm shell, which   
   > gets discarded when the program ends.   
   >   
   > I've been googeling for it a while, but have not stumbled on anything   
   > informational in that regard.   
   >   
   > So, does anyone know of any other way to change environment variables *from   
   > within a DOS program* under Windows (XP) ?   
   >   
   > And its fine, and even preferred, if the changes are non-permanent and for   
   > the current console only.     Its also fine if it only works within a   
   > batchfile run within such a console.   
      
      
   https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/winbase/nf-   
   inbase-setenvironmentvariable   
      
      
   A nice weekend to all!   
      
   Bernhard Schornak   
      
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