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Set environment variable in vbscript that can be access in a login script

hi,

when i set a User envir variable in vbscript which can be used in the same CMD

all is ok if i run another script (or in another cmd)

but how can use this env variable in my loginscript ?

set-env.vbs
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set colSystemEnvVars = objShell.Environment("User")
Set val = qeuryID("XXXXXXXXX")
      if val <> "" then
      colSystemEnvVars("MYVAR") = "val"
.............

login.bat
cscript set-env.vbs
echo %MYVAR%

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I have also been looking for an easy solution to this problem and the current accepted solutions are wrong. What the author asks for is clear. Here is how I suggest doing this.

set-env.vbs
wscript.echo "set MYVAR=Value1"
wscript.echo "set MYVAR2=Value2"
.............

login.bat
call cscript //Nologo set-env.vbs > %tempt%\setVars.bat
call %TEMP%\setVars.bat
echo %MYVAR%

This will output to the console:

Value1

Explanation:

Since the current scope of the cmd.exe running cannot be altered by either WMI, setx or the registry, the only way is to set the variable in the current environment.

call cscript //Nologo set-env.vbs > %tempt%\setVars.bat

This will redirect all output of set-env.vbs to a file named setVars.bat. Make sure all wscript.echo commands output valid batch code. Using "call" is important in order to wait for the called script to finish before continuing the logon script.

call %TEMP%\setVars.bat

This executes in the current scope the batch file created from the output of set-env.vbs.

The variables are then available for use.

I hope this could help anyone in this situation.

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