Environment variable

Question

I'm using setx to set a Environment variable.

My command is

setx -m PSR_NLC_FILE "%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Test Folder\" 

But when i check on my system is set to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Test Folder" 

The path is not found because of the quote.

When i use this command for another Environment variable is set correct without quote.

setx -m PSR_NLC_FILE "%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Test Folder\File.lic" C:\Program Files (x86)\Test Folder\File.lic 

Can someone explain to me what i'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

Look here

Some commands (e.g. REG and FINDSTR) use the standard escape character of \ (as used by C, Python, SQL, bash and many other languages.) The \ escape can cause problems with quoted directory paths that contain a trailing backslash because the closing quote " at the end of the line will be escaped \".

In your case another backslash should do the trick

setx -m PSR_NLC_FILE "%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Test Folder\\"

Answer 2

Don't provide the trailing backslash in your command. It's not necessary for the path name to be interpreted correctly.

The modified command would look like this:

setx -m PSR_NLC_FILE "%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Test Folder"