Monthly Archives: November 2010

Lets round off looking at environmental variables by looking at how to remove them 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 function remove-environment { param (  [string][ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]$name,  [switch]$perm,  [switch]$machine ) $value = “” if (-not $perm) {Remove-Item -Path env:\$($name) -Force} else {  if ($machine){$type = “Machine”}  else {$type = “User”}  [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable($name, $value, $type) … Continue reading →

This is similar to creating them. 001002003004005006007008009010011012013014015016017018 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 … Continue reading →