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Jon Erickson
Asked: 2009-05-22 08:11:53 +0800 CST

How do you add a folder to the windows vista system environment path?

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so that I can execute apps (in cmd prompt) without specifying the fully qualified folder structure.

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  1. Best Answer

    As an admin,

    • Go to Control Panel | System and click on Advanced System Settings in the left pane OR

    • Right-click on Computer and choose Properties

    • Click the Environment Variables button

    • Under System Variables, edit the PATH variable and add your folder to the value (seperate with a semi-colon)
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  2. You can also modify them via the registry. I find this useful when scripting some legacy programs that require certain environmental variables to function.

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/104011

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