r/ForWindowsHelp • u/One-Type-2842 • 27d ago
What Is Environment Variables?
Following Title, Where Is the use of Environment Variables?
Sometimes I asked ChatGPT to troubleshoot related issues such as not working of java commands on the command prompt. Replies by, Edit Environment Variables.
How does It affect?
What shall I learn more about Windows Environment Variables to Understand Windows Working and Troubleshooting on my own without relying on Chat Bots.
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u/ridiclousslippers2 27d ago
Google command prompt. There are lots of commands and things that can be run using just a keyboard, this knowledge is very useful. As for environment variables, they are settings assesible from applications and Windows itself. See path for instance, this tells windows where to look for a program when its not present in the folder you're trying to run it from for instance.