How to Set the Path in Windows 2000 and Windows XP
Published on 17 Mar 2007 at 1:01 pm.
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Another note to my future self…
The path is now handled by Windows 2000 and Windows XP, so forget about autoexec.bat and the like. The path is a system environment variable, which can be changed by:
1. Go to the desktop and right-click on My Computer.
2. Click on Properties. This brings up a System Properties window.
3. Click on the Advanced tab.
4. Way down at the bottom click on the Environment Variables button.
5. Single click on PATH in the upper User variables panel. This populates a list of path variables in the lower System Variables panel.
Now you will want to do one of two things.
You will either want to add a New path, Edit an old one, or Delete and old one.
To EDIT:
1. Left-click on the variable to edit to highlight it
2. Click on the Edit button
3. The path can then be edited
4. In the event that you want to have the system look in multiple paths, remember that the are separated by semicolons ; like this:
c:\texmf\miktex\bin;C:\VXIPNP\WinNT\Bin
To add a NEW path:
1. Click New
2. Enter the new system variable name
3. Enter its value
To DELETE an old path:
1. Left-click on the variable to edit to highlight it
2. Click Delete
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
