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--- fuss:dos [2018/01/06 18:34] – office
+++ fuss:dos [2019/04/12 16:31] – [Blank the Screen from Command Line] office
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 Note that ''C:\Windows\System32\scrnsave.scr'' must exist and must be invoked via ''explorer''.
+====== Reload / Refresh Environment Variables ======
+The following script from chocolatey reloads the environment variables on Windows.
+<code dos>
+@echo off
+::
+:: RefreshEnv.cmd
+::
+:: Batch file to read environment variables from registry and
+:: set session variables to these values.
+::
+:: With this batch file, there should be no need to reload command
+:: environment every time you want environment changes to propagate
+::echo "RefreshEnv.cmd only works from cmd.exe, please install the Chocolatey Profile to take advantage of refreshenv from PowerShell"
+echo | set /p dummy="Refreshing environment variables from registry for cmd.exe. Please wait..."
+goto main
+:: Set one environment variable from registry key
+:SetFromReg
+    "%WinDir%\System32\Reg" QUERY "%~1" /v "%~2" > "%TEMP%\_envset.tmp" 2>NUL
+    for /f "usebackq skip=2 tokens=2,*" %%A IN ("%TEMP%\_envset.tmp") do (
+        echo/set "%~3=%%B"
+    )
+    goto :EOF
+:: Get a list of environment variables from registry
+:GetRegEnv
+    "%WinDir%\System32\Reg" QUERY "%~1" > "%TEMP%\_envget.tmp"
+    for /f "usebackq skip=2" %%A IN ("%TEMP%\_envget.tmp") do (
+        if /I not "%%~A"=="Path" (
+            call :SetFromReg "%~1" "%%~A" "%%~A"
+        )
+    )
+    goto :EOF
+:main
+    echo/@echo off >"%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
+    :: Slowly generating final file
+    call :GetRegEnv "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" >> "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
+    call :GetRegEnv "HKCU\Environment">>"%TEMP%\_env.cmd" >> "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
+    :: Special handling for PATH - mix both User and System
+    call :SetFromReg "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" Path Path_HKLM >> "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
+    call :SetFromReg "HKCU\Environment" Path Path_HKCU >> "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
+    :: Caution: do not insert space-chars before >> redirection sign
+    echo/set "Path=%%Path_HKLM%%;%%Path_HKCU%%" >> "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
+    :: Cleanup
+    del /f /q "%TEMP%\_envset.tmp" 2>nul
+    del /f /q "%TEMP%\_envget.tmp" 2>nul
+    :: capture user / architecture
+    SET "OriginalUserName=%USERNAME%"
+    SET "OriginalArchitecture=%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"
+    :: Set these variables
+    call "%TEMP%\_env.cmd"
+    :: Cleanup
+    del /f /q "%TEMP%\_env.cmd" 2>nul
+    :: reset user / architecture
+    SET "USERNAME=%OriginalUserName%"
+    SET "PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=%OriginalArchitecture%"
+    echo | set /p dummy="Finished."
+    echo .
+</code>