An environment variable named Path is used by operating system components and installed applications to obtain directory addresses in which to search for executable files. Some addresses are present in this variable by default and the user cannot change them, but he can add ("register") additional addresses to it.
Instructions
Step 1
Right-click the My Computer icon on the desktop and select Properties from the pop-up context menu. The same can be done with the "Computer" item in the main menu of the operating system on the "Start" button. Or you can just press the win + pause hotkey combination - any of these actions will launch the OS component named "System Properties".
Step 2
Go to the "Advanced" tab of the window that opens and click the "Environment Variables" button located at its bottom. Another window will be launched with two tables located in it - the operating system installation you need is placed at the top ("User Environment Variables"). Select the line that has the Path inscription in the "Variable" column, and then click the "Modify" button under this table. As a result, the third, already the last dialog box will open with the title "Modify a custom variable" and two fields to fill out.
Step 3
Enter the desired path in the "Variable value" field. If there is already any entry in it, then add the new one to the right, separating it from the existing one with a semicolon (;). In order not to make a mistake in writing the full address to the desired directory, it is better to copy the path to it in Windows Explorer - open it (win + e), go to the desired folder, select the full path in the address bar of the file manager (ctrl + a), copy (ctrl + c), go back to the dialog and paste the contents of the clipboard (ctrl + v) into the Variable value field.
Step 4
Leave the value in the Variable Name field unchanged (the Path should remain there) and click OK. After that, successively press the same OK buttons in the other two open windows. This completes the procedure for adding a new value to the Path variable.
