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style="padding:2.4375rem 1.21875rem;margin:0 auto"><h3 style="font-family:Montserrat, sans-serif;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:-2.03125rem"><a style="box-shadow:none;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;font-size:1.21875rem" href="/">Architect Ryan</a></h3><h1>How to change environment variables on Windows 10</h1><p style="display:block;margin-bottom:1.625rem;margin-top:-0.975rem"><span role="img" aria-label="Date">📅</span> <!-- -->August 31, 2018<!-- --> <span role="img" aria-label="Reading time">⏱</span> <!-- -->1<!-- --> min read</p><div><p>Here is a guide to editing environment variables on Windows 10!  Please note, if you are specifically looking to modify the <code class="language-text">PATH</code> environment variable, then see <a href="https://www.architectryan.com/2018/03/17/add-to-the-path-on-windows-10/">Add to the PATH on Windows 10</a>.</p>
2<h2>Step by step</h2>
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4<li>Open the Start Search, type in “env”, and choose “Edit the system environment variables”:</li>
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58        src="/static/f3a4f86cdd178c48ed9d8398743f85df/76aed/system_properties.png"
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63        style="width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;vertical-align:middle;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;"
64        loading="lazy"
65        decoding="async"
66      />
67  </a>
68    </span></p>
69<ul>
70<li>Set the environment variables as needed.
71<ul>
72<li>The <code class="language-text">New</code> button adds an additional variable</li>
73<li>The <code class="language-text">Edit</code> button modifies the selected variable</li>
74<li>The <code class="language-text">Delete</code> button deletes the selected variable</li>
75</ul>
76</li>
77</ul>
78<p><span
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81    >
82      <a
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84    href="/static/48423a2a0724e226bd3f69468d9eaabd/9f21b/select_row_and_edit.png"
85    style="display: block"
86    target="_blank"
87    rel="noopener"
88  >
89    <span
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92  ></span>
93  <img
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95        alt="Screenshot of Environment Variables"
96        title=""
97        src="/static/48423a2a0724e226bd3f69468d9eaabd/9f21b/select_row_and_edit.png"
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104        decoding="async"
105      />
106  </a>
107    </span></p>
108<ul>
109<li>Dismiss all of the dialogs by choosing “OK”.  Your changes are saved!</li>
110</ul>
111<h2>Applying the change</h2>
112<p>Due to how Windows applies environment variables, you most likely need to restart apps for them to pick up the change, including <code class="language-text">explorer.exe</code>.  Restarting the machine is reccomended (but not required) and ensures all apps are run with the PATH change.</p>
113<ul>
114<li>To test it, in <em>new</em> PowerShell window, type:</li>
115</ul>
116<div class="gatsby-highlight" data-language="bash"><pre class="language-bash"><code class="language-bash"><span class="token variable">$env</span><span class="token builtin class-name">:</span>
116<span class="token environment constant">PATH</span></code></pre></div>
117<p><br/><br/><br/><br/>
118Related:<br/>
119<a href="/2012/10/02/add-to-the-path-on-mac-os-x-mountain-lion/">Add to the PATH on OS X</a><br/>
120<a href="/2018/03/17/add-to-the-path-on-windows-10/">Add to the PATH on Windows 10</a></p></div><hr style="margin-bottom:1.625rem"/><div style="display:flex;margin-bottom:1.625rem"><img src="data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEA8ADwAAD/4QBoRXhpZgAATU0AKgAAAAgABAEaAAUAAAABAAAAPgEbAAUAAAABAAAARgEoAAMAAAABAAIAAAExAAIAAAARAAAATgAAAAAAAADwAAAAAQAAAPAAAAABcGFpbnQubmV0IDQuMC4yMQAA/9sAQwABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB/9sAQwEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEB/8AAEQgAaABoAwEiAAIRAQMRAf/EAB8AAAEFAQEBAQEBAAAAAAAAAAABAgMEBQYHCAkKC//EALUQAAIBAwMCBAMFBQQEAAABfQECAwAEEQUSITFBBhNRYQcicRQygZGhCCNCscEVUtHwJDNicoIJChYXGBkaJSYnKCkqNDU2Nzg5OkNERUZHSElKU1RVVldYWVpjZGVmZ2hpanN0dXZ3eHl6g4SFhoeIiYqSk5SVlpeYmZqio6Slpqeoqaqys7S1tre4ubrCw8TFxsfIycrS09TV1tfY2drh4uPk5ebn6Onq8fLz9PX29/j5+v/EAB8BAAMBAQEBAQEBAQEAAAAAAAABAgMEBQYHCAkKC//EALURAAIBAgQEAwQHBQQEAAECdwABAgMRBAUhMQYSQVEHYXETIjKBCBRCkaGxwQkjM1LwFWJy0QoWJDThJfEXGBkaJicoKSo1Njc4OTpDREVGR0hJSlNUVVZXWFlaY2RlZmdoaWpzdHV2d3h5eoKDhIWGh4iJipKTlJWWl5iZmqKjpKWmp6ipqrKztLW2t7i5usLDxMXGx8jJytLT1NXW19jZ2uLj5OXm5+jp6vLz9PX29/j5+v/aAAwDAQACEQMRAD8A/WbWLPx6LSZ5LXwxN+7O6NYDHz+Kcnj/ADjNfhf/AMFBPiVe/CddJ8Tanolrpuurqhh0bWLOdXtorgje8F1C6oZYJIo9zxB93PBygr+iDWWzZzHriFsnqejcE9eoHX+VfzO/8Fq2trbwR4L89Azz+MGjhwMMv+g3rt8xPJbaR2Py4zTnT0SltfW3z9DXE7P1X6HzLd/t3eCr/wAMxpa+HdO07xLbeRdf2jLdpJB9uREEtwlmYJCI5dhzF5oJ2xmSV3y1V9d/bQ+BPijwzqFrqPwu8Mjxfqdh5Oo+JmhsBNcXJhSNrhM2nn8EPsUuXwV/eAjI/GstCxBAwOeTj5emOh9BjjGfxwWI0IbBI5wC+zdjcQBxkHnOOoPPGTgHDkleyklZpJct52934Zd1prbTSxhbRdWklZ7Jdbeb1/XQ+9tf+KXwzu9IsYfCz/8ACMapbxOb65sppYYr47mfaRBcnzMDaiGSJ3TCNJIEO4e7/Bf4ifGJtY0LVofiTrvhjQtIsbq40zUfEVjf39g9kltvmjsYP9bciaNZokmiRltztuiWRrQXPxt8LNG8CeC/Bt38UviFbW2rXFxeRaf4I8KS3BaO/nhxNe63qbQl447KyWKe1hg1CO2iebzNSRrmG3ghPZ2H7S9t4xu0m8dafcpr0GpNc6Z4u0+6Nle6LCzhrizsLqGa2hj06WVgYbOWwufstiklsS6lXj8nE163LP6pCbjCVpVZttc2nMo6dNOl9j18LgaEpwWMrOnePOqX80LR5eqWt3bt9x+rq/tt/DLwN4b2RtrPxo8TaldRzX9tonhI29xBd3tq4e8tJJrSCMWEmoI1mLK7dbrBhkhf50z2PgT9sn4VWZvoNc8JeJNAaVdJl0+PxUPDeq2vh7VtWW3WbT4tPA0/UJLiwunnhureJoDDBBdXIkjgDWy/BvgD9lz4gftYeJ9MtvgZ490WdLG3vrzUpNIsbjRbrSp3vYrprzU5reUQzTXF1fTPHfW6w3N0zR3Nykk8b3j/AHPN/wAESfjBo/hmXVNJ8dxa94nh04XJsLuKSFmvpYVh8qG5b7Q0M1vEpRGSOQyMXHmJDFAkfjzzmELRliLVOblcFF3jJWdnpa2i62tbU+qw/DVbEXrUcI5YfllZqdm4pxva13ttpfv0NXX/AIufFPwdqV3460PQfCPxC8Aa4cwJoenx3llaTQQ3FxNeSaHaz6jfERW1q9xd3cMd9aQldtxdm+mAm+YNQ/4KK/YvFv8Awk8Enhi1WIGxutHtNMlk02dkKgNcRxuPM8s7wEPCnJ24IJ808d/Av9pz4U+ANUg8a/CD4g+E7Twj4js9YuPih4evtQu28O3Fp9rl/tWXRLQLb6lDcXlwn2rVHll+zFDdyCGd7ZK+Vfit8PvB/ib4c6F8XvD/AIv/ALT8TajrCaH42W40caANQv49PSRdevoHmltW1u6kwl+unu0F35qX5VJVvLm49TA5pTrSjBzjKbavKGr6JXWn+W/Ro+ezLJqmD9pOMK0IQ3jUu0uaS0i2tbdvJs+6vEf/AAUtHiDWtI1aG/0bS7rQ3eeODS/D9xFFcJwTa3O0r5sDbc4wFDMQQOAa3jz/AIKUt8RdPtdK1e601Le1ngu0Nl4V2NHNaOs0HzSlo8h1QEoEwBkkdT+XHhLwrpm55r3U9LhZgVO+VM8kgqAXJ6nkbh1yeRXdQ+FPDUKyLJrejAEt92SMElsErwARxjPr3z29VyvdKc3/ANu/4f8Ag/d9/wA/yt7u67f8Na/3eZ9jfEv9uLQvi1oVr4e8TTOsMKCMTadoAs5kECbEEjOJkfIVc4WME4IJIor4kvPDfhK2jZzrmluSGCxQbHkYgZAGFZuFBGBjt6k0VNl1Um/S3bz+Xz9A5Y9j+/3VjmymJHBQ8f8AfVfzOf8ABb6Jl8F/Dls8N4xlDHoM/wBmXhBcnAGdzbSSF4wxxk1/TBqbk2cgA6qev/AuPz9f/wBX803/AAXD83/hA/ABTYpHi99rPGzojf2ZfYYqrxs6Ln50WRGYfKrqeR6Fdz9nLkSc/sp6K9n8vv0/M6ayTklL4XKKb2sna/8AXfTqfldo/wDwTN/bb179nab9qGw+BniT/hUUG64/tG8a00vX7rSFgjnHiLT/AApqU9rr2oeHpQ6x2up2lhIt/JJANPiu1kZo/hbysRq7QkA4LbwQQCATww4ZTwQRtBHKsuVP9Bmtf8HE/wC0vr37NGifs+L8LvhvpWq6b4HsfA83j7T5tV3XlppNja6fpN+3hmdH0+0nhtrSI3dvb3NxbXt6BcrFYWhlsJfwPuIZGVGcq/mSodpwAxLj5ARtYEhuMAgA7liYYWvmMrxGdVMTjY5pQjRwsHTWDrRsp1HOVSFaLglH3YKNOUZ2V5TcbuyR34yjl1OjhJYKvUrV5t/WI8r5Iq11Z6621tda6eRd8R65P4gawtkikgtdLiS1sYgGM6xxwRxr5pUiI3ogtrVZZsIWiiCzyYlZG51FYPEEClsq6xqvyYHz/LnawPlq75BDbVbuQK/YL9k39iX4U/Ef4U6J4z8fW/xSvNV8Z6Jea5ceMPB99olj4a+FenTeIvE3hTRb2+8MX3hjX73x3cNq2gm81PTbXxF4Zu2t7mLTrC3mvLe6vj4Z8bP2GfjP8D/FfhxLpfBvxA8O+K9XttL8M+KPDFydNGq
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