it will only exist during that CMD session. Right-click on My Computer and go to Properties then click on Advanced and Environment Variables. Add PGPPASS there.

>I created a DOS environment variable PGPPASS using cmd.exe, I can see it using the dos SET command, but VFP GETENV('PGPPASS') comes up blank. What am I doing wrong? tHANKS--
>Never mind, got it, had to restart VFP.....................duh