Setting the PATH variable allows you to launch programs via CLI from anywhere on your system. Here's how to set the PATH variable in Windows and make the most of it.

This environment variable lives on in Windows 10 as a way to tell the system where to look when you try to run a command. Normally, the system looks in the Windows folder and its System32 subfolder.

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The PATH variable points to \bin, while JAVA_HOME points to the root folder into which the JDK was installed. How to set JAVA_HOME at the command line For those who prefer to use the command line, you ...