Re: Environment Variable

From: Jon Skeet [C# MVP] (skeet_at_pobox.com)
Date: 10/12/04 

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:51:00 +0100

Aku <anonymous@devdex.com> wrote:
> In the 'old-days', WIN32-API/MFC, it is possible to create a temporary
> key in the registry to satisfy a particular app.
> It's done with 'SetEnvironmentVariable(name, value)".

I don't believe that has anything to do with the registry. It just sets
the environment variables within that process.

You can P/Invoke the same function, of course, and use
Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable to retrieve values. 

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