setting environment variables

I want to set a permanent environment variable for the currently logged on user - as far as I can tell this would be done from the Environment Variables dialog under the Advanced settings of the System control panel.
BUT - I'm a normal user, and can only access the Advanced Settings by providing Admin credentials. At which point the User variables that can be set in the dialog are for the admin account that I just authenticated with!
Is there any way I can get round this and set up persistent environment variables as a non-admin user?

Is there any way I can get round this and set up persistent environment variables as a non-admin user?

Nice bug find! :)
Yes, you can get around this with the setx command.
- Open a command prompt - Type: setx variable value
Note, that value must be enclosed in quotes if it contains any spaces.
For example,
setx MYDIR "c:\documents and settings\"
For more info on setx, check out: http://www.ss64.com/nt/setx.html http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/9e0748f8-5c67-4dc4-b8dc-11a8481d86331033.mspx

"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

Yes, you can get around this with the setx command.

Doh! Thanks for the pointer.
I hope this kind of bug gets caught over time. I'm sure there are a number of similar instances where you can't just lock down the entire functionality of an existing dialog box without breaking something!