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author | Joe Mooring <joe.mooring@veriphor.com> | 2022-01-18 17:43:31 +0300 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-01-18 17:43:31 +0300 |
commit | 4d08625d22336093e980a1e5e150a5d680c0e088 (patch) | |
tree | 324f162ef9d734cd33d6bd3453e8abd86e0af750 | |
parent | 41d9c7804212468d2719de0f425798c052bcc98d (diff) |
Improve directions for editing Win 10 path env var (#1632)
Closes #1631
-rw-r--r-- | content/en/getting-started/installing.md | 12 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/content/en/getting-started/installing.md b/content/en/getting-started/installing.md index c9ac5c335..6c68cc53b 100644 --- a/content/en/getting-started/installing.md +++ b/content/en/getting-started/installing.md @@ -393,18 +393,12 @@ Now you need to add Hugo to your Windows PATH settings: * Right click on the **Start** button. * Click on **System**. -* Click on **Advanced System Settings** on the left. +* Click on **Advanced System Settings** on the right. * Click on the **Environment Variables...** button on the bottom. -* In the User variables section, find the row that starts with PATH (PATH will be all caps). -* Double-click on **PATH**. -* Click the **New...** button. -* Type in the folder where `hugo.exe` was extracted, which is `C:\Hugo\bin` if you went by the instructions above. *The PATH entry should be the folder where Hugo lives and not the binary.* Press <kbd>Enter</kbd> when you're done typing. +* In the User variables section, select the row labeled "Path" and click the **Edit...** button. +* Click the **Browse...** button and select the directory to which `hugo.exe` was extracted, which is `C:\Hugo\bin` if you went by the instructions above. *The path entry should be the folder where Hugo lives and not the binary itself.* * Click OK at every window to exit. -{{% note "Path Editor in Windows 10"%}} -The path editor in Windows 10 was added in the large [November 2015 Update](https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2015/11/12/first-major-update-for-windows-10-available-today/). You'll need to have that or a later update installed for the above steps to work. You can see what Windows 10 build you have by clicking on the <i class="fa fa-windows"></i> Start button → Settings → System → About. See [here](https://www.howtogeek.com/236195/how-to-find-out-which-build-and-version-of-windows-10-you-have/) for more.) -{{% /note %}} - #### For Windows 7 and 8.x users: Windows 7 and 8.1 do not include the easy path editor included in Windows 10, so non-technical users on those platforms are advised to install a free third-party path editor like [Windows Environment Variables Editor][Windows Environment Variables Editor] or [Path Editor](https://patheditor2.codeplex.com/). |