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Windows: Remove file type from path completion
I've got an issue with my cmd environmental variables autocompletion (with TAB). For some reason, I'm getting suggestions for .dll .png and all other nonsense I don't care about. How do I exclude ...
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WMIC output property value without property name
I'm entering something like that
Desktop>wmic environment where(name="PATH" and systemVariable=FALSE) get variableValue
VariableValue
xxx
But I don't want VariableValue to get into output. I want ...
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Write multi-line variable to .txt (CMD, NO .bat)
I'm successfully splitting %PATH% into multiple lines like this
set t=%PATH:;=^&echo.%
then this displays each path in new line nicely, just as I want:
echo %t%
However when I want to write ...
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Directory path in environment variable as argument to CMD command DIR
How can a Windows/CMD environment variable be used as argument to CMD's builtin dir command?
>echo %pythonpath%
C:\Program Files\Python35\Scripts\
>dir %pythonpath%
The system cannot find the ...
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Does Windows7(+) have the env or equivalent? (Env. variable for single run of application) [duplicate]
I'm looking for an opportunity to launch an application (eg, compilers) with specific environment variables . I want same functionality like env in Linux.
env var=value application.exe
I found ...
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Using setx to append to user PATH
My attempt:
setx PATH "%PATH%;%~dp0"
How do I do this without everything in system PATH getting duplicated in user PATH?
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Git bash and cmd don't load my user account PATH variable
Start up a gitbash or a windows cmd session and run
echo $PATH
or
echo %PATH%
They both print the contents of the system PATH variable, but neither prints the contents of the PATH variable ...
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CMD doesn't update environment variables
When I edit the system environment variable PATH (or any other, I imagine) through Control Panel\System and Security\System > Advanced system settings, it doesn't update in CMD, even after ...
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What is the default value of the PATHEXT environment variable for Windows?
What is the default value for the PATHEXT environment variable for different versions of Windows? Or even better: How can you reliably determine the original default system value for PATHEXT on a ...
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What does hyphen mean in Windows batch file?
In particular, I have problems understanding the hyphens in the following lines, which are from wikibooks
if not -%1-==-- echo Argument one provided
if -%1-==-- echo Argument one not provided & ...
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'sample.exe' not recognised as internal or external command, operable program or batch file
Under Environment Variables, I set the path to sample.exe.
I appended the System variable PATH with,
C:\Program Files(x86)\Sample
The sample.exe is in the Sample folder.
Still, I get the above ...
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Is there an equivalent to source which allows me to have a batch script alter environment variables of the parent bash process?
My situation is this: I use python with conda on a windows machine, and work mostly in cygwin when on the command line. Now conda allows for different python environments, similar to virtualenv, but ...
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Evaluate %PATH% as the system-scope environment variable exclusively
In Windows' command line, echo %PATH% appears to merge the system and the user variables PATH in such order before printing. That seems reasonable, but I would also like to be able to print only the ...
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Why does the set command display more environment variables than the environment variables gui?
When I run the set command in command prompt the first variable I see is
But when I open my Environment Variables GUI I don't see ALLUSERSPROFILE
Why is that? There are numerous other variables ...
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How to call environment variables in runas command for right click context menu
I am having trouble with using environmental variables with using runas when using the command in the registry for a right click context menu command. I have tried different methods of escaping the ...
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