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Setting environment variable for VS2017

I'm installing a software extension for VS2017 which requires me to create a batch file in order to set the 'TargetVisualStudioEdition' environment variable, in my case the variable should be set to Community. What I did so far is to crate the following simple batch file:

set "%TargetVisualStudioEdition%"="Community"

Once I run it I receive:

set ""="Community"

Then, when I run the installer the installation stops because the environment variable has not been set. Am I missing something?

Solution

  • don't think you need the %s wrapping the variable; just do set VARIABLE = value the %% is just to reference the variables. if this variable will be shared among processes, use setx