Re: [OT] Environment variable missing for scheduled task in Windows Server 2008

Hello Lotus1,

No seriously: see this:

> Changes that you make to environment variables do not affect services that run under the Local System account until you restart Windows

PS I do not think the article is old: Last Updated: Apr 17, 2018 and given the problem I guess it affects ALL windows versions. The link about how to create system variables referes to win2000 but the underlying matter I suspect it's no changed a lot.

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Re^2: [OT] Environment variable missing for scheduled task in Windows Server 2008 by Lotus1 (Vicar) on Jun 07, 2018 at 21:00 UTC
I had considered that but since the other servers didn't do this I dismissed it. But now that you mention it, there are about 10 users logged into this one and not the others. Maybe something they are doing is preventing services.exe from getting the word. Maybe it is something different about 2008. The article you posted doesn't mention what Windows version it is referring to but it has a link to setting environment variables in Windows 2000 so it looks old. Still, it is a good find. It's pretty hard to find relevant articles with words like 'system' and 'server' and 'variable' in the search terms. I'll try rebooting in a few minutes after everyone logs out. Update: I rebooted and now the System account sees all the environment variables. Thanks.	[reply]

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Re^2: [OT] Environment variable missing for scheduled task in Windows Server 2008
by Lotus1 (Vicar) on Jun 07, 2018 at 21:00 UTC

I had considered that but since the other servers didn't do this I dismissed it. But now that you mention it, there are about 10 users logged into this one and not the others. Maybe something they are doing is preventing services.exe from getting the word. Maybe it is something different about 2008. The article you posted doesn't mention what Windows version it is referring to but it has a link to setting environment variables in Windows 2000 so it looks old. Still, it is a good find. It's pretty hard to find relevant articles with words like 'system' and 'server' and 'variable' in the search terms.

I'll try rebooting in a few minutes after everyone logs out.

Update: I rebooted and now the System account sees all the environment variables. Thanks.

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