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Anthony G wrote:

> The problem is as follows; Windows environment variables are set &
> locked on login. I can't add or change them, and command.exe is
> locked out.

This is not correct. Surely you can set user specific environment
variables. There's a page in the "System" dialog of the Windows Control
Panel. After setting your variables you must log off and on again, and
then they are working.

T.M.