How do I set Environmental variable for my application while profiling it under visual studio 2008

Question

I have an application. I compile it using vs2008 team system. To run this app some certain environmental variables need to be set, such as SYSTEM_MODULE_PATH. My app loads system modules from there. Without this variable it wont run. So When I profile it, I want to set this variable so that my application runs properly.

Now my question is, Where do I set this variable?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '10 at 16:18

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Start -> Control Panel -> System -> advanced Tab -> Environment variables

or CMD -> SET [variable=[string]]

answered Jul 08 '10 at 16:18

cRichter

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I dont want to set env for whole system :P – Shiplu Mokaddim Jul 08 '10 at 18:41

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 21 '11 at 23:02

I fixed it when I asked it. But didn't shared. Here is what I did.

I created a batch (.cmd) file. I set up my environment variable there. Then started Visual Studio using devenv command. Here is the sample batch file

rem Sample Environment loader for VS
SET ENV_VAR1=Value1
SET ENV_VAR2=Value2
SET ENV_VAR3=Value3
devenv \path\to\solution\file

Now Visual Studio opens with some ENV variable loaded.

How do I set Environmental variable for my application while profiling it under visual studio 2008

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