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Prepend to PATH variable (Windows)

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Mar 15, 202610825 views
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I want to prepend a directory to the windows path (I am running Windows 7 64-bit). However I can not find any way to do this: Changing the PATH variable via the GUI is not working as it is always appending. Changing the PATH with setx does not prepend neither: setx PATH "new_dir:%PATH%" However I n…

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Typing in a cmd window gives me this: [...] Including %PATH% in the new path setting causes the old path to be appended to the new setting. In my case (Belgian environment) I can use this command: and c:\users is prepended to the existing path Take …

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