27 January 2010
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Jiang W. Howto Setup Windows Path (Without Rebooting). Stone Studio. 2010. Available at: http://wei-jiang.com/system/windows/howto-setup-windows-path-without-rebooting. Accessed July 31, 2010.
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Jiang, Wei. (2010). Howto Setup Windows Path (Without Rebooting). Retrieved July 31, 2010, from Stone Studio Web site, http://wei-jiang.com/system/windows/howto-setup-windows-path-without-rebooting
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Jiang, Wei, "Howto Setup Windows Path (Without Rebooting)", Stone Studio, posted January 27, 2010, http://wei-jiang.com/system/windows/howto-setup-windows-path-without-rebooting (accessed July 31, 2010).
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Jiang, W 2010, Howto Setup Windows Path (Without Rebooting), Stone Studio. Retrieved July 31, 2010, from <http://wei-jiang.com/system/windows/howto-setup-windows-path-without-rebooting>
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Jiang, Wei. "Howto Setup Windows Path (Without Rebooting)." Stone Studio. 27 Jan. 2010. 31 Jul. 2010 <http://wei-jiang.com/system/windows/howto-setup-windows-path-without-rebooting>
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Step 1:
Open your system properties window. Screenshots below are for Windows 7:
Step 2:
Open you Environment Variables Window.

Step 3:
Double Click on you Path (if you want to just change you path for your login, use the top one, if you want to change it for all logins, use the bottom one)
Append the path you would like to add, separated with a semi-colon. Below, I am adding C:\Program Files (x86)\bin
CLI Method
Open a comment window and type
SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\bin
You can type PATH again to see your path variables. Your new path should be added. The problem with this is that this new path variable is only good inside this command window.