EnvironmentManager.SetEnvironmentVariable(String, String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.Windows.System

Sets the value of the specified environment variable at the scope of the current EnvironmentManager.

public:
 virtual void SetEnvironmentVariable(Platform::String ^ name, Platform::String ^ value) = SetEnvironmentVariable;

void SetEnvironmentVariable(winrt::hstring const& name, winrt::hstring const& value);

public void SetEnvironmentVariable(string name, string value);

function setEnvironmentVariable(name, value)

Public Sub SetEnvironmentVariable (name As String, value As String)

Parameters

name

String

Platform::String

winrt::hstring

The name of the environment variable to set.

value

String

Platform::String

winrt::hstring

The new value to set for the specified environment variable.

Remarks

To remove an environment variable, call this method with an empty string as the value.

See also

• GetEnvironmentVariable(String)