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I installed Java RE and Git, for example, and made sure their binaries were added to Environment Path Variables under both User and System variables. When I launch a command prompt from the taskbar, these variables work properly (i.e. commands "java" and "git" are recognized.

I also added "open command window here" to background context by editing the registry. But when I open a command prompt using this method, my environment path variables aren't recognized.

How can I make the command prompt recognize my environment variables when opened this way?

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  • Can you provide information on the registry key you added? Also, have you logged off/on or restarted such that Explorer.exe has restarted. I assume that the "cmd" window is inheriting the Explorer environment which doesn't yet have the new PATH variables.
    – HelpingHand
    Dec 23, 2019 at 20:40
  • Are there different users? Type path in either of the two CMD prompts to see if the Registry hack is leading to the wrong users, inheriting a different PATH (although the System PATH should be the same for both).
    – DrMoishe Pippik
    Dec 24, 2019 at 0:24
  • What's the reasoning for adding to both the user and system PATH? Shouldn't it be one or the other if it's the same location that's being added?
    – JW0914
    Dec 24, 2019 at 13:13

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Reading the first comment made me realize I didn't restart explorer.exe. Doing so fixed the issue.

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  • So I suggest to delete the question.
    – harper
    Dec 27, 2019 at 8:34

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