Get-EnvironmentVariableNames

SYNOPSIS

Gets all environment variable names.

SYNTAX

Get-EnvironmentVariableNames [[-Scope] <EnvironmentVariableTarget>] [-IgnoredArguments <Object[]>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Provides a list of environment variable names based on the scope. This can be used to loop through the list and generate names.

EXAMPLES

Example 1

PS C:\> Get-EnvironmentVariableNames -Scope Machine

Outputs the names of all the environment variables defined in the registry for the Machine scope.

PARAMETERS

-IgnoredArguments

Allows splatting with arguments that do not apply. Do not use directly.

Type: Object[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Scope

The environment variable target scope. This is Process, User, or Machine.

Type: EnvironmentVariableTarget
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Accepted values: Process, User, Machine

Required: False
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

System.String

Outputs the names of all the environment variables in the target scope as strings.

NOTES

Process dumps the current environment variable names in memory / session. The other scopes refer to the registry values.

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