Windows 10 User Environment Variable PATH updated but changes not recognized

Question

I want to modify the User Path variable, let's say with "C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3", which contains subl.exe, so I can use subl in a command prompt. I cannot modify the system environment path, so I have to do it via the user environment path.

Using setx I could modify the User path variable, if I type echo %path% it shows me that the path to subl was added to the variable, same when I go to 'Edit the user environment variables'. However, still neither subl nor subl.exe are recognized commands.

Following the second answer here, I see that on my pc, the type of Path is "REG_SZ" instead of "REG_EXPAND_SZ", could that be the problem? If so, how can I change that type? If I right-click on the variable and select "Modify", it only gives me the name and the value, but not the type.

I already restarted my pc, also in an administrator-prompt added paths aren't recognized.

Any help would be appreciated!

EDIT: Thanks for the suggestions, echo %path% returns something of the form path1;path2;path3";path1;path2;path3;, those double quotation marks are breaking it I suppose.

Answer 1

First, do not change the Registry type of a system variable; that is not the issue. [On my PC, User Path is REG_SZ and System Path is REG_EXPAND_SZ.]

Second, is there an invalid entry in the path, prior to the addition for subl? Parsing of the Path variable stops after an invalid entry.

Third, why not modify the PATH using the GUI? If you need to do that repeatedly, just open Regedit and export HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment and run the .reg file when needed.