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windowscommand-lineenvironment-variables
Ant
Ant

Reputation: 1153

My new environment variables on Windows 10 are not working though I can set new ones

I set a new environment variable but I cannot execute.
Below is an example from my command line trying to call ssh.
ssh is installed correctly and I can execute it fine from the command line when I am in its path. But I cannot call it anywhere else, though I have set the environment variable for it.

From the command line...

// showing that the ssh environment variable is set
(base) C:\Users\ooo>echo %ssh%
C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH-Win64\ssh.exe

// Though I can't call it from here    
(base) C:\Users\ooo>ssh
'ssh' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

// Not with `ssh` and not with `ssh.exe`
(base) C:\Users\ooo>ssh.exe
'ssh.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

// I cd into the path `ssh.exe` resides
(base) C:\Users\ooo>cd C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH-Win64\

// and only then can I run `ssh`
(base) C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH-Win64>ssh
usage: ssh [-46AaCfGgKkMNnqsTtVvXxYy] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec]
           [-D [bind_address:]port] [-E log_file] [-e escape_char]
           [-F configfile] [-I pkcs11] [-i identity_file]
           [-J [user@]host[:port]] [-L address] [-l login_name] [-m mac_spec]
           [-O ctl_cmd] [-o option] [-p port] [-Q query_option] [-R address]
           [-S ctl_path] [-W host:port] [-w local_tun[:remote_tun]]
           [user@]hostname [command]

I have the ssh envirsonment variable set for the user and for the system.
I have tried just setting it for one or the other and both. I always have the same problem as above. It's as if there is absolutely no environment variable set.
I have this problem with any environment variable I need to set. Some commands install their own variables, which work fine on the command line but I cannot set my own for some reason.

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Upvotes: 3

Views: 5844

Answers (1)

some guy
some guy

Reputation: 306

When you type ssh Windows searches all directories in the PATH environment variable to look for something to execute, like ssh.exe, ssh.com, ssh.bat, ...

I think the directory C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH-Win64 is not in your path and so Windows doesn't find your ssh.exe.

You can e.g.

  • Add the path to your PATH environment variable
  • Try to call %ssh% (or better "%ssh%") instead of just ssh

Upvotes: 1

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