Defining and using a variable in batch file

Question

I\'m trying to define and use a variable in a batch file. It looks like it should be simple:

@echo off

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Answer 1

Consider also using SETX - it will set variable on user or machine (available for all users) level though the variable will be usable with the next opening of the cmd.exe ,so often it can be used together with SET :

::setting variable for the current user
if not defined My_Var (
  set "My_Var=My_Value"
  setx My_Var My_Value
)

::setting machine defined variable
if not defined Global_Var (
  set "Global_Var=Global_Value"
  SetX Global_Var Global_Value /m
)

You can also edit directly the registry values:

User Variables: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment

System Variables: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment

Which will allow to avoid some restrictions of SET and SETX like the variables containing = in their names.