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Set-EnvironmentVariable

SYNOPSIS

Set environment variables.

SYNTAX

__AllParameterSets

Set-EnvironmentVariable [-Name] <string> [-Value] <string> [-Target] <EnvironmentVariableTarget>
 [<CommonParameters>]

ALIASES

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DESCRIPTION

Set environment variables in any OS using .NET types.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Set-EnvironmentVariable -Name ‘FavoriteDrink’ -Value ‘Coffee’ -Target ‘User’

PARAMETERS

-Name

Parameter description

Type: System.String
DefaultValue: ''
SupportsWildcards: false
Aliases: []
ParameterSets:
- Name: (All)
  Position: 0
  IsRequired: true
  ValueFromPipeline: false
  ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName: false
  ValueFromRemainingArguments: false
DontShow: false
AcceptedValues: []
HelpMessage: ''

-Target

Parameter description

Type: System.EnvironmentVariableTarget
DefaultValue: ''
SupportsWildcards: false
Aliases: []
ParameterSets:
- Name: (All)
  Position: 2
  IsRequired: true
  ValueFromPipeline: false
  ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName: false
  ValueFromRemainingArguments: false
DontShow: false
AcceptedValues: []
HelpMessage: ''

-Value

Parameter description

Type: System.String
DefaultValue: ''
SupportsWildcards: false
Aliases: []
ParameterSets:
- Name: (All)
  Position: 1
  IsRequired: true
  ValueFromPipeline: false
  ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName: false
  ValueFromRemainingArguments: false
DontShow: false
AcceptedValues: []
HelpMessage: ''

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

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NOTES

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