Jumpstart Lab Curriculum

Systems Management

Setting a Path on Windows

Windows 8

  1. Drag the Mouse pointer to the Right bottom corner of the screen
  2. Click on the Search icon and type: Control Panel
  3. Click on -> Control Panel -> System -> Advanced
  4. Click on Environment Variables, under System Variables, find PATH, and click on it.
  5. In the Edit windows, modify PATH by adding the location of the class to the value for PATH. If you do not have the item PATH, you may select to add a new variable and add PATH as the name and the location of the class as the value.
  6. Close the window.
  7. Reopen Command prompt window.

Windows 7

  1. Select Computer from the Start menu
  2. Choose System Properties from the context menu
  3. Click Advanced system settings > Advanced tab
  4. Click on Environment Variables, under System Variables, find PATH, and click on it.
  5. In the Edit windows, modify PATH by adding the location of the class to the value for PATH. If you do not have the item PATH, you may select to add a new variable and add PATH as the name and the location of the class as the value.
  6. Reopen Command prompt window.

Windows XP

  1. Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Advanced
  2. Click on Environment Variables, under System Variables, find PATH, and click on it.
  3. In the Edit windows, modify PATH by adding the location of the class to the value for PATH. If you do not have the item PATH, you may select to add a new variable and add PATH as the name and the location of the class as the value.
  4. Close the window.
  5. Reopen Command prompt window.

Windows Vista

  1. Right click My Computer icon
  2. Choose Properties from the context menu
  3. Click Advanced tab (Advanced system settings link in Vista)
  4. In the Edit windows, modify PATH by adding the location of the class to the value for PATH. If you do not have the item PATH, you may select to add a new variable and add PATH as the name and the location of the class as the value.
  5. Reopen Command prompt window.

Source How do I set or change the PATH system variable?

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