PATH consists of a list of directories, separated by semicolons, that are searched for executables or executable scripts (whose suffixes is listed in PATHEXT) when trying to execute them without stating their location with an absolute directory path. C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static. PATH is a combination (concatenation?) of HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Session Manager\Environment and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment and the value of Path under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\DefaultUserEnvironment cmd.exe command start is able to locate executables (binaries) that are not found via the PATH environment variable. These applications need to be registered under the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths. PATH variable can be printed each on its own line with one of the following two commands: PS C:\> $env:path -split ';' PS C:\> $env:path -replace ';', "`n"
where.exe displays the directory of an executable that is located in any of the directories listed in PATH. paths.ps1 is a PowerShell script that prints the individual components of the PATH environment variable to the console. add-dirToPath (of the WinConfig module).