Windows 10: Environment Variables, User variables for System Admin

Discus and support Environment Variables, User variables for System Admin in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I was looking at the 'User variables for System Admin' one day and saw my name spelled '*****'. I didn't care for that name and without thinking... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Dan ClaytonSL, Jun 6, 2022.

  1. Environment Variables, User variables for System Admin


    I was looking at the 'User variables for System Admin' one day and saw my name spelled '*****'. I didn't care for that name and without thinking changed the name. Now all my music, photos & docs are gone. How can I undo that already tried 'System Restore'?

    :)
     
    Dan ClaytonSL, Jun 6, 2022
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  2. ustulo Win User

    Edit Environment Variables of Standard User Account

    In Windows 10, how can I set user-level (not system wide) environment variables for a standard user account? To clarify: I'm not talking about editing system environment variables. Also, just running the System app in Control Panel as admin won't work because
    that would set the environment variables for that admin user.

    When I go to Control Panel -> User Accounts, then click the "Change my environment variables" link in the left-hand action pane, nothing happens.

    If I go to the search box on the task bar and type "environment", then click "Edit environment variables for your account", nothing happens.

    Currently I have JAVA_HOME set to an incorrect value in my user account, which is a standard user not an admin. If I edit environment variables as admin, it does not show up in the system environment variables nor in the user environment variables (since
    the Administrator account is a different user).
     
    ustulo, Jun 6, 2022
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  3. Kapil Arya MVP, Jun 6, 2022
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  4. MCK
    mck Win User

    Environment Variables, User variables for System Admin

    System environment variable won't stick

    Running Win10 Home on an Acer Spin 3, 64bit, i7cpu. I try to add a path to the system environment variables by:

    1. Control Panel > System > Advanced system settings > Advanced tab > Environment variables

    2. The "Environment Variables" window opens.
    3. In the "System Variables" pane I select "Path" and click the EDIT button.
    4. A list of the current system paths is displayed.
    5. I click the NEW button, browse to the path I want to add which is "C:\Python36-32" and click OK. The path "C:\Python36-32" is added to the list of current system paths.
    6. I click OK and am returned to the "Environment Variables" window.
    7. I click the "X" at the top right to close the "Environment Variables" window.

    Now if I click the "Environment Variables" button again (end of step-1) and repeat steps 2-4, the new path I added in step-5 is gone. IOW, adding a new path won't stick.

    What am I doing wrong?
     
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