Control Panel
System
Select the "Advanced" tab
At the bottom is a button labeled "Environment Variables"
There may already be a path for both user and system.
Add C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 to either one.


Bill Kuncicky wrote:

>I recently downloaded and installed the student version of the C30 
>compiler (and also the C18 compiler) on my Windows XP computer.  One of 
>the questions asked during the installation was whether or not I wanted 
>it to set the PATH variables, and I said yes.
>
>Now, when using the command-line windows, I cannot use commands such as 
>"edit."  I checked the PATH variable, and things look ok, but something 
>is wrong because it is not checking C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 which is where 
>the edit.com program is.  (I  cannot access any of  those programs, in 
>fact, such as ping). 
>
>Does anyone know how to change the PATH variable?  I know that you can 
>do a "set PATH=" while in the command-line window, but that disappears 
>when you exit the window.  I need to change it in a registry somewhere, 
>I suspect.  I tried Windows Help and they said to go to the control 
>panel->system->advanced and change the environmental variable PATH.  I 
>tried that, and it didn't change anything.  Also tried to find something 
>on Google, and couldn't.  It certainly does seem to be a well kept secret.
>
>Thanks,
>Bill
>  
>

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