Environment variables are name-value pairs for various programs or processes on an operating system. On Windows, the environment variables store all sorts of information about the operating system ...

Here are the steps involved. Open Windows PowerShell as an Administrator. Type following and press Enter key to go to the Registry location: Set-Location -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft ...

Once I restart my PowerShell session, my old path will be back. If I need to ensure my new environment variable persists, I'll need to step over to .NET, which opens up a lot of other ways to work ...

On Jan. 17, 2018, Microsoft's Scott Hanselman asked Visual Studio developers if they would like a PowerShell prompt with pre-set PATH and Environment variables baked right into the IDE. They said yes.