Beside Windows registry which contains entire of Windows configurations, Windows also has its variables that manage where the temporary files is placed, its path, its windir path and others variable. And this article will discuss how to manage the Environment Variables.

1. Right click My Computer and then click Properties menu.

2. In System Properties, click Advanced tab then click Environment Variables button.

3. In Environment Variables, you can to obtain all variables here. They are split be two section. User variables are containing variables which apply to your account only and System variables are contain variable which apply to your machine.

4. You can edit the existing variable, just click a variable which want to edit and then click Edit button.

5. Or you can also create a new variable by click New button.

6. You can obtain the Environment Variable through MS-DOS console. Just open MS-DOS console first and then enter set on its prompt.

7.You can also look and configure a variable through MS-DOS console. To set a variable, enter set variable_name="variable_value". For example, if you want create or edit OS variable and fill the variable with Test value, type set OS="Test" and then press Enter. To test it, just enter echo %OS% on prompt and then press Enter.

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