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I've accidentally messed up the PATH variable in Windows and I'm wondering if anyone could provide the default for me.
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The default directory path for most versions of Windows is c:\Windows (for Windows NT 4 and 2000, it is c:\WinNT).
Go to "My Computer" properties -> "Advanced system settings" -> click on "Advanced" tab -> click on "Environment Variables" button -> Edit "PATH" variable and paste everything copied in the third step in -> Variable value: box. Click OK in all the opened windows.
A typical path is C:\Windows\System32. The Windows directory or system root. This corresponds to the %WINDIR% or %SYSTEMROOT% environment variables.
The implications are that Windows will probably be unable to find some programs. One solution would be to do a restore to factory settings. You might try finding another similarly configured system and writing down what's in their PATH variable, then going back to edit it back into your PC.
My freshly installed Windows 8.1 has the following value in PATH:
C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;
%JAVA_HOME%\bin;C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server\bin;%ANT_HOME\bin;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;C:\Oracle\bin;C:\Informatica\9.1.0\DataTransformation\bin;C:\Informatica\9.1.0\clients\tools\datadirect;C:\Informatica\9.1.0\clients\DeveloperClient\bin;C:\Informatica\9.1.0\clients\java\jre\bin\server;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Lenovo;C:\Program Files (x86)\Perforce;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Services\IPT\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Access Connections\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd
This is mine, I think you modify it based on the software you installed.
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