Changing environmental variables
This is similar to creating them.
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| function set-environment {
param (
[string][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]$name,
[string][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]$value,
[switch]$perm,
[switch]$machine
)
if (-not $perm) {Set-Item -Path env:\$($name) -Value $($value)}
else {
if ($machine){$type = "Machine"}
else {$type = "User"}
[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable($name, $value, $type)
}
Get-Item -Path env:\$($name)
} |
We use the same variables as when creating a variable. If a permanent change is required we use the –perm switch but remember that the change won’t be seen until PowerShell is restarted