Powershell doesn't recognize openssl even after I added it to the system path

Question

I am on a 64bit Windows 10. I installed Win64 OpenSSL v1.1.0f and added the install directory C:\OpenSSL-Win64\bin to my system PATH. Upon running it in cmd or Powershell, I get:

openssl : The term 'openssl' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

What else am I missing?

Answer 1

If you're running it in Powershell, check $env:path to be sure "C:\OpenSSL-Win64\bin" is in there. Previous comments all reference the PATH variable in in cmd.exe, which your error message suggests you are not using.

If it is not, run the following command in Powershell:

$env:path = $env:path + ";C:\OpenSSL-Win64\bin"

Answer 2

May be you need to close the session and open a new powershell, whenever you make changes to env variable it does not work on current session.