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in reply to ENV Path didn't take effect

Hey, this is just one way that Windows doesn’t do things quite the way that Unix does.   Redmond uses the registry for everything (when that concept does not formally exist in Linux), and it doesn’t use environment variables in exactly the same way.

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Re^2: ENV Path didn't take effect
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 03, 2013 at 23:32 UTC

    Hey, this is just one way that Windows doesn’t do things quite the way that Unix does. Redmond uses the registry for everything (when that concept does not formally exist in Linux), and it doesn’t use environment variables in exactly the same way.

    In what way is that an answer to the question? Something accurate?

      Thanks for all reply!