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Re: Unable to delete Cygwin from PATH environment variable


On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Tanya Sandoval
<sandoval.tanya2@gmail.com> wrote:
> I recently had to reinstall Cygwin and in doing so, I have ran into a
> problem with some application because Cygwin seems to be appended to
> my PATH environment variable. I have tried to remove this by following
> these instructions https://www.java.com/en/download/help/path.xml but
> something strange happens. If I look at the value of Path under
> 'Environment Variables', Cygwin is not there; however if I type PATH
> in cmd.exe, I see Cygwin gets appended at the end of the PATH. Can you
> please help me to know to remove Cygwin from the PATH?

There are two places to add environment variables:
the System Variables and the User Variables.
See https://www.copsmodels.com/gpsetenv.htm
for screenshots.
Did you check both?  (Also, it's possible the list
might need scrolling to see the end.)

Also, changes only show up when you start a new cmd.exe,
maybe you were looking at a cmd.exe window that had
been started before the change.
- Dan

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