Windows 7 environment variable not working in path

Question

I am trying to set up some path using environment variable. I added an environment variable \"MAVEN_HOME\" with the value \"C:\\maven\". Then in the path I added \"%MAVEN_HO

Answer 1

To address this problem, I have used setx command which try to set user level variables.

I used below...

setx JAVA_HOME "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_92"

setx PATH %JAVA_HOME%\bin

NOTE: Windows try to append provided variable value to existing variable value. So no need to give extra %PATH%... something like %JAVA_HOME%\bin;%PATH%

Answer 2

Check if there is a space character between the previous path and the next:

Incorrect: c:\path1; c:\Maven\bin\; c:\path2\

Correct: c:\path1;c:\Maven\bin\;c:\path2\

Answer 3

In my Windows 7.

// not working for me
D:\php\php-7.2.6-nts\php.exe

// works fine
D:\php\php-7.2.6-nts

Answer 4

Copy the value of path to notepad and check if this corresponds with the echo %path% in terminal window and make changes if needed. Then delete the old path value and paste the notepad value back in. I assume some invisible character entered there by some installation corrupted the path value.

Answer 5

If there is any error at all in the PATH windows will silently disregard it. Things like having %PATH% or spaces between items in your path will break it. Be warned

Answer 6

My issue turned out to be embarrassingly simple:

Restart command prompt and the new variables should update