Why doesn't environment variable get updated in cmd without restart?
Solution 1:
The problem is that setx modifies the global environment, not the local environment. Therefore, you have to restart the command prompt to pick up the change.
You have two options:
- Use a different tool that modifies the global environment and the local environment
-
Create a batch-file that does both and use that:
::setenv.bat @echo off set %1=%2 setx %1 %2 %3