What is the difference between user variables and system variables

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What is the difference between user variables such as PATH  TMP  etc  and system variables   I accidentally deleted the user variable PATH  What am I supposed to do

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Just recreate the Path variable in users   Go to user variables  highlight path  then new  the type in value   Look on another computer with same version windows  Usually it is in windows 10  Path  USERPROFILE  AppData Local Microsoft WindowsApps

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Environment variables are  evaluated   ie  they are attributed  in the following order    System variables Variables defined in autoexec bat User variables   Every process has an environment block that contains a set of environment variables and their values  There are two types of environment variables  user environment variables  set for each user  and system environment variables  set for everyone   A child process inherits the environment variables of its parent process by default    Programs started by the command processor inherit the command processor s environment variables   Environment variables specify search paths for files  directories for temporary files  application-specific options  and other similar information  The system maintains an environment block for each user and one for the computer  The system environment block represents environment variables for all users of the particular computer  A user s environment block represents the environment variables the system maintains for that particular user  including the set of system environment variables

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Right-click My Computer and go to Properties- Advanced- Environmental Variables     What s above are user variables  and below are system variables  The elements are combined when creating the environment for an application  System variables are shared for all users  but user variables are only for your account profile   If you deleted the system ones by accident  bring up the Registry Editor  then go to HKLM ControlSet002 Control Session Manager Environment  assuming your current control set is not ControlSet002   Then find the Path value and copy the data into the Path value of HKLM CurrentControlSet Control Session Manager Environment  You might need to reboot the computer   Hopefully  these backups weren t from too long ago  and they contain the info you need

User · Answer

Environment variable  can access anywhere  dynamic object  is a type of variable  They are of 2 types system environment variables and user environment variables   System variables having a predefined type and structure  That are used for system function  Values that produced  by the system are stored in the system variable  They generally indicated by using capital letters Example  HOME PATH USER  User environment variables are the variables that determined by the user and are represented by using small letters

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System environment variables are globally accessed by all users  User environment variables are specific only to the currently logged-in user

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