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in particular, i will need to set CLASSPATH.<br />
i wanted to set it when installing my software.<br />
so it would seem that i would want them to persist.<br />
this would be in windows NT.<br />
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do you know how this is accomplished?<br />
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in particular, i will need to set CLASSPATH.
i wanted to set it when installing my software.
so it would seem that i would want them to persist.
this would be in windows NT.

do you know how this is accomplished?



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Yes (NT is easier than 9x ;-). Simply add a value to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environ<wbr />ment' supplying the variable's name as the value name. If you want to set the value for all users, you should add this value to 'HKEY_USERS\&lt;some SID to be replaced&gt;\Environment'<br />

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Yes (NT is easier than 9x ;-). Simply add a value to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment' supplying the variable's name as the value name. If you want to set the value for all users, you should add this value to 'HKEY_USERS\<some SID to be replaced>\Environment'


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is there an API for modifying windows environment variables<br />
(e.g. classpath)
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is there an API for modifying windows environment variables
(e.g. classpath)

API for Windows Environment

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