Windows 7 - Add Path

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I need to add a new path  sumatraPDF  on my PATH variable  I don t know why it does not work    I think everything is right but when I try to execute sumatrapdf exe from CMD it cannot find the program   This is what I did    The path is correct  I checked it 1000 times   The idea is use LaTeX with sublimetext and when I save a  text file sumatra has to open and show to me the result  If I want that I have to add the path of SumatraPDF    but it does not work

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I founded the problem  Just insert the folder without the executable file  so Instead of   C  Program Files  x86  SumatraPDF SumatraPDF exe   you have to write this   C  Program Files  x86  SumatraPDF

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I think you are editing something in the windows registry but that has no effect on the path   Try this   How to Add  Remove or Edit Environment variables in Windows 7  the variable of interest is the PATH  also you can type on the command line   Set PATH  PATH   your new path

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In answer to the OP   The PATH environment variable specifies which folders Windows will search in  in order to find such files as executable programs or DLLs  To make your Windows installation find your program  you specify the folder that the program resides in  NOT the program file itself   So  if you want Windows to look for executables  or other desired files  in the folder   C  PHP   because  for example  you want to install PHP manually  and choose that folder into which to install PHP  then you add the entry   C  PHP   to your PATH environment variable  NOT an entry such as  C  PHP php exe    Once you ve added the folder entry to your PATH environment variable  Windows will search that folder  and will execute ANY named executable file you specify  if that file happens to reside in that folder  just the same as with all the other existing PATH entries   Before editing your PATH variable  though  protect yourself against foul ups in advance  Copy the existing value of the PATH variable to a Notepad file  and save it as a backup  If you make a mistake editing PATH  you can simply revert to the previous version with ease if you take this step   Once you ve done that  append your desired path entries to the text  again  I suggest you do this in Notepad so you can see what you re doing - the Windows 7 text box is a pain to read if you have even slight vision impairment   then paste that text into the Windows text box  and click OK   Your PATH environment variable is a text string  consisting of a list of folder paths  each entry separated by semicolons  An example has already been given by someone else above  such as   C  Program Files  C  Winnt  C  Winnt System32   Your exact version may vary depending upon your system   So  to add  C  PHP  to the above  you change it to read as follows   C  Program Files  C  Winnt  C  Winnt System32  C  PHP   Then you copy  amp  paste that text into the windows dialogue box  click OK  and you should now have a new PATH variable  ready to roll  If your changes don t take effect immediately  you can always restart the computer

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Another method that worked for me on Windows 7 that did not require administrative privileges     Click on the Start menu  search for  environment   click  Edit environment variables for your account      In the window that opens  select  PATH  under  User variables for username  and click the  Edit     button  Add your new path to the end of the existing Path  separated by a semi-colon   PATH  C  Python27     C  NewPath   Click OK on all the windows  open a new CMD window  and test the new variable

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The path is a list of directories where the command prompt will look for executable files  if it can t find it in the current directory  The OP seems to be trying to add the actual executable  when it just needs to specify the path where the executable is

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Try this in cmd   cd address of sumatrapdf exe file  amp  amp  sumatrapdf exe   Where you should put the address of your  exe file instead of adress of sumatrapdf exe file

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