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Windows 9x

Open the AUTOEXEC.BAT file and add or change the PATH statement as follows:
  1. Start the system editor. Choose "Start", "Run" and enter sysedit, then click OK. The system editor starts up with several windows showing. Go to the window that is displaying AUTOEXEC.BAT.
  2. Look for the PATH statement. (If you don't have one, add one.) If you're not sure where to add the path, add it to the right end of the PATH. For example, in the following PATH statement, the AUTOEXEC.BAT directory has been added at the right end:
    PATH = C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\BIN
    
    Capitalization doesn't matter. The PATH can be a series of directories separated by semi-colons (;). Microsoft Windows searches for programs in the PATH directories in order, from left to right. You should only have one bin directory under C: $ \backslash$ in the path at a time (those following the first are ignored).
  3. Restart the computer


Ko-Kang Wang 2002-10-10