Env. Variables not set while running Minimal Flask application

Question

I am trying to follow the flask documentation on my windows machine given at the following link: http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/0.11/quickstart/#debug-mode

Firstly I wrote

Answer 1

Your code is correct. Try setting the Command-Line variable like this :

setx FLASK_APP run.py

And then run it : flask run.