Group Policy includes the Environment preference extension. For computers or users, this extension allows you to:
- Create persistent user or system environment
variables.
- Modify environment variables. For
example:
- Modify the command prompt (by modifying the
PROMPT system variable).
- Modify the location of the TEMP folder (by
modifying the TEMP system variable).
- Replace the value of the entire PATH
variable.
- Add semicolon-delimited segments to the PATH
variable.
- Delete semicolon-delimited segments from the
PATH variable.
- Change the text case of semicolon-delimited
segments of the PATH variable.
- Modify the command prompt (by modifying the
PROMPT system variable).
- Delete environment variables.
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You can apply an Environment Variable targeting item to other preference items to restrict their application based on the value of the variable. |
Getting started
You can create and configure Environment Variable preference items for any domain-based Group Policy object (GPO). You configure the settings by editing a GPO using the Group Policy Management Console. When editing a GPO, you can find this preference extension at the following location:
Computer Configuration or User Configuration
└ Preferences
└ Windows Settings
└ Environment
For information about how to use this extension to create and configure a preference item, see the following topics: