Changing the path (and other environment variables)

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From: Duncan Murdoch
Date: Fri, 03 May 1991 19:45

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I'm new at Windows, so this is probably an easy question.  (Is there a FAQ
list somewhere?)   How do I change the master copy of the Path from within
Windows?  What I want is the equivalent of the PATH command in COMMAND.COM;
just opening a DOS window and using it doesn't work, because the change is
local to that window.

Please send replies by email; if anyone is interested, I'll summarize back
to this group.

Duncan Murdoch
dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu

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From: dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu (Duncan Murdoch)
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Subject: Changing the path (and other environment variables)
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