20 January 2016

windows 10: easy PATH editing

In windows 10 Microsoft has finally provided an update for the PATH setting mechanism that must have been around since the earliest versions of windows I remember (windows 3?).
In those versions you had a one line input box of about 30 characters for setting a path that could be hundreds of characters long. Now they have provided an easier tool, although it is harder to find :).
From the start menu, go to:

Settings > System > About > Advanced System Settings > Environment Variables

Alternatively, use the search in the task bar:


When editing the Path System variable, you get a list editor for the entries (instead of the semicolon separated list inherited from Unix). For editing an entry you have an optional directory browser.


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