What is the correct way to add directory to path from command line?

[peter7277]

I found different examples searching google and i am not sure which is the right one. I used this:

setx  my_path "%PATH%"

Is this the correct way? Also, how to add the directory to system variables, because this command adds the directory to user variables?

 

[SIW2]

SETX ... /M

Safest to backup first.


User Variables: HKCU\Environment

System Variables: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment

SetX - Set environment variables - Windows CMD - SS64.com

 

[Paul Black]

SETX ... /M

Safest to backup first.

User Variables: HKCU\Environment
System Variables: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment
SetX - Set environment variables - Windows CMD - SS64.com

 

[peter7277]

I added the directory with this command:

setx  e:\scripts "%PATH%" /M

and it showed:

SUCCESS: Specified value was saved

but it doesn't seem to work. I have some .cmd scripts in this directory and if i try to type the name of any of the script in the command prompt, it doesn't find them.

 

[samuria]

At a cmd prompt type



set


is it there

 

[peter7277]

What i am trying to do is to add youtube-dl command line tool to system path, so when i type 'youtube-dl' in the command prompt to be able to execute the command, no matter the location i am currently. But for some reason it doesn't work no matter if i add the directory manually or through the command line. And, yes, if i type 'set' the directory is listed.