Variabile ambiente path windows 7

Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. Ask Question. Asked 9 years, 10 months ago. Active yesterday. Viewed k times. AJM 9 9 silver badges 22 22 bronze badges. Ashok Ashok 1, 3 3 gold badges 21 21 silver badges 30 30 bronze badges. For example, after installing Debugging Tools for Windows x86 on XP, it's found in Program Files but on Windows 7 it's found on Program Files x86 which means there's no simple way to create a command file that can be distributed across all computers since none of the built-in environment variables consistently point to the bit location for Program Files.

Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Wollmich 1, 1 1 gold badge 14 14 silver badges 39 39 bronze badges. SecurityMatt SecurityMatt 6, 1 1 gold badge 19 19 silver badges 28 28 bronze badges. I think the only way is to check by code the OS version first and then use one variable or other. Those two variables are stable John Conde k 97 97 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Daniel Bonetti Daniel Bonetti 2, 2 2 gold badges 22 22 silver badges 31 31 bronze badges.

I can see that I have spaces from cmd and python but I dont know how to get rid of them. I've been banging my head against the wall for like 3 hours now! The Path variables in System don't expand the User Variables. Nathan Hughes 89k 19 19 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. This could be an option. However, the suggestion below makes more sense.

If there is no space kind of problem, even if you define in both user and system level, it should work. Windows 10 has the same issue and fix stated by pcmind. This answer saved me tons of frustration and explained some serious discrepancies on my path variable: The Path variables in System don't expand the User Variables. Show 3 more comments. My issue turned out to be embarrassingly simple: Restart command prompt and the new variables should update. Do not ignore this answer; 9 times out of 10 this is the problem.

It CAN cause errors for a small minority of users. I am investigating something similar, but your conclusion is incorrect here. Why is that some small minority of users are affected in this way, but not others? Unknown as of this time. That is why that app added itself as such, it was not some simple omission. It gives error anyway — Andrey. Richard Richard 81 1 1 silver badge 4 4 bronze badges. This worked for me! Had no idea about this whatsoever. It's surprising a basic issue like this remains in windows.

Makes me wonder what else is broken The path is now managed by Windows and Windows XP and not the autoexec. To change the system environment variables, follow the steps below. The path is based on programs installed on the computer, so there is no "default path.

Keep in mind that as you install programs, the path is updated with the paths for the newly installed programs. So, if you have erased your path after installing other programs, those programs may be affected. Note Administrator privileges are required to modify the path and environment variables.