Environment variables not seen in the application when it is started as a Windows service

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  I have set an envrionment variable (through registry modifications and propagated a WM_SETTINGCHANGE broadcast). When the application is started from the command line it sees the env. variable however if the application is started as a service it would not see this environment variable.

   

  Any ideas how to make the environment visible in the service?

   

  e.g.

  net start myapp   (MYENV variable is not set here)

  c:\app\bin\myapp  (MYENV variable could be seen here)

   

  Thanks.

  Wednesday, August 1, 2007 12:19 AM