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In Windows 8.1, if I change the Environment Variable for PATH under either System or User and open a command prompt and execute path, whatever I appended to PATH is not shown unless I sign out of my current Windows session and log back on.

Is there anyway to have the PATH reflect my change without the log in/log out?

This question is different to the one asked here as that one notes that logging back on and/or opening a new command prompt solves the problem. That answer does not answer this question.

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Stafford Williams
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  • possible duplicate of [Can I change the PATH environmental variable in Windows 7 without restarting?](http://superuser.com/questions/76219/can-i-change-the-path-environmental-variable-in-windows-7-without-restarting) – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Mar 27 '15 at 14:22
  • @Techie007 that question recommends relogging, this question is about not relogging. – Stafford Williams Mar 27 '15 at 14:32

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Any changes to PATH should update automatically. You usually have to exit and re-launch any open programs though.

You can also try killing explorer.exe and re-launching it to see if that works for you.

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  • The part of your answer that helped the most was "re-launch any open programs". I actually open cmd via executor (a launch app). After asking this question, I found that opening cmd via Run did show the updated PATH. I just did another test now, and after changing the PATH but then relaunching executor and opening cmd the PATH was updated. Thanks so much. – Stafford Williams Mar 27 '15 at 14:25