--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or, you can set env vars by writing to the registry:
chnage <varname> to your env var below: User env: reg.set_string(?"HKCU\Environment\<varname>", "new_value") System env: (watch line wrap) reg.set_string(?"HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment\<varname>", "new_value") I find best to do: Exec.RefreshEnvironment after, as PP may not pick up env changes unless you do. Have tried on NT4 and W2K, not W9x. > > Control Panel, System, Advanced, Environment Variables, > > System Variables, New ... > > > > Surprisingly, it is not even necessary to restart PowerPro. > > If you use that gui method to add a new envvar, > > such as pp for c:\pathto\powerpro > > it works immediately both inside and outside of PowerPro. (...snip....) > Yes, that is certainly the most reliable method of setting environment > variables (that method doesn't work with Windows 9x though), and is > definitely the recommended method for setting permanent variables in windows > NT+... > > But for our USB drive scenario who wants to go thru all those GUI windows to > set a variable permanently on a system when powerpro is being launched from > a temporarily plugged-in USB drive :) > > David Troesch | Atlanta, GA | ICQ# 2333123 > If you don't take action, someone else will. http://action.eff.org > Funstuff: Lawyer Parking Only. All others will be sued. Attention: PowerPro's Web site has moved: http://www.ppro.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
