- 1). Click on the Windows "Start" button and then click "Control Panel" from the menu that appears.
- 2). Click "System" in the Windows control panel, then click "Advanced system settings" to open the "System Properties" dialog box.
- 3). Click the "Environment Variables" button on the "Advanced" tab of the dialog box.
- 4). Scroll down in the "System variables" box until you see the "Path" variable. Click on the "Path" entry to highlight, then click the "Edit" button underneath the box.
- 5). Add a semicolon to the end of the current path line, which is used as a delimiter, and then type the directory path to add. Click "OK" until all the dialog boxes are closed.
- 6). Restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
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