How to persistently set a variable in Windows 7 from a batch file?

Question

I am trying to set the PATH environment variable in windows 7 using a bat-file; however it does not seem to work.

I am using this windows command:

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Answer 1

Use This command setx PATH "%PATH%;%MVN_HOME%\bin\"

Anyways it wont be set in current session you need to use

set PATH="%PATH%;%MVN_HOME%\bin\"