Setting environment variable for a different user in windows

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There are tons of examples on the web how to set an environment variable for the current user. Is it possible to set an environment variable in windows for a different user (that does not have login rights?)

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 09 '20 at 08:15

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In the registry editor HKEY_CURRENT_USER is just an alias for the HKEY_USERS\$SID entry of the current user.

So, you only need to go to HKEY_USERS\$SID_OF_USER\Environment to set the variables there.

To get the SID of that user you can use this command:

wmic useraccount where name='username' get sid

answered Dec 09 '20 at 08:15

Gerald Schneider

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nice! I suppose this also works for the domain users as well. Let me try this out – arthur Dec 09 '20 at 08:24

Setting environment variable for a different user in windows

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