SET list under CMD command

[SDR]

I use XP Pro. On running SET in a dos window, few options are shown
about the system. I have TEMP and TMP directories shown in drive E.
How does it get this? I do not have any entries in autoexec.bat

In otherwords where do you set the TEMP and TMP variable in XP?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

WinXP doesn't use AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS. The empty files are
present simply to provide some backwards compatibility with legacy
applications.

To set environmental variables, Right-Click My Computer >
Properties > Advanced > Environment Variables > System Variables/New
(or Edit, as applicable). You can also add the appropriate line(s) to
C:\Windows\System32\Autoexec.nt and/or C:\Windows\System32\Config.nt.


Bruce Chambers

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