Refresh environment variable without rebooting

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Hi

I’m working with uiPath Studio community edition 2018.3
I need to change frequently some environment variables for testing reasons (pointing to one api or another), but they don`t get refreshed on uiPath, unless I reboot mi computer… which is very annoying.

So, the question is: Is this a common behaviour… or could something in my settings be wrong?

I’m using the windows environment variables to change them. If I read them from other programs they appear changed. They just don’t get refreshed in uiPath.

Oh, when I start uiPath I can see some message about NuGet cache not needed to refresh… I don’t know if it’s related to the problem.

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Hi.

Have you tried restarting the UiRobotSvc service? I know some settings don’t get refreshed until the service is restarted.

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Thanks for answering.
No, I have not. How do I restart that?

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There are a few ways to get to it, but you want to go to Services. You can get there from Task Manager or using the Search.

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There is also a button that says “Services” for more details on the services.

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I could not find UiRobotSvc, but in the “details” tab of Task Manager, I found “UiPath.Service.Host”, and killing it worked for me.

So, in resume what worked for avoid rebooting the PC:

  1. Change env variables
  2. Close UIPath
  3. Open Windows task Manager and kill “UiPath.Service.Host”
  4. Open UiPath
    Thanks!
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