How to set user environment variables in Windows Server 2008 R2 as a normal user?

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likm picture likm · Sep 29, 2009 · Viewed 246.8k times · Source

In older versions of Windows, it was just open the Control Panel, select the System applet, select the Advanced tab, and then hit the Environment variables button. As a normal user, you could edit the "User variables" but not the "System variables".

In Windows Server 2008 R2, if I try to hit the Advanced System settings option in the System applet, it prompts for the Administrator password.

Answer

AlexCode picture AlexCode · Jun 16, 2011

You can also use this direct command line to open the Advanced System Properties:

sysdm.cpl

Then go to the Advanced Tab -> Environment Variables

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