SETX doesn't append path to system path variable

windows batch-file cmd system-variable setx
Hamed Kamrava picture Hamed Kamrava · Jun 21, 2013 · Viewed 59.7k times · Source

I have tried below command to append some path to system path variable by batch-file :

setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin"

I have checked system variable path after running above batch-file, above path isn't in there.

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You can see all windows Variable value content in below :

C:\Program Files (x86)\AMD APP\bin\x86_64;C:\Program Files (x86)\AMDAPP\bin\x86;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\ProgramFiles (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;

What am i doing wrong?

Answer

mojo picture mojo · Jun 22, 2013

To piggy-back on @Endoro's answer (I lack the rep to comment):

If you want to change the system-wide environment variables, you have to use /M, a la:

setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin" /M

setx.exe is picky about placement of the /M, BTW. It needs to be at the end.

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