Question

I am using a machine where I do not have administrator privileges and I need to set the e.g. JAVA_HOME each time I boot.

Thus, I’d like to write a script that sets the desired classpath automatically.
How do I do this?

Answer 1

You surely can set the environment variables with a batch file each time you need them, but bear in mind that this will only work for the current process (i. e. the cmd instance you’re invoking the batch from) and processes spawned from there. I think you’d rather want persistent environment variables.

Now, in the UNIX world you’d just put them into your shell startup script. In Windows … not exactly that way.

1. Right click on “My Computer”, select “Properties”.
2. There, go to the “Advanced” tab
3. Click the button labeled “Environment variables”
4. You can set JAVA_HOME and GRAILS_HOME under “User variables” there.

You would only need administrator access for changing the system environment variables.