Windows 10: what all is supposed to be under System variables?

I was trying to get a program to work and one of the ways was to add it to user and system variables. It didnt help but in deleting it from System Variables, I also ended up deleting something else, I dont know what it was. My computer seems to be working fine but I am a little concerned as I deleted something and I dont know what it was. Is there a list somewhere so that I can compare what variables are under my system variables to see which one is missing?

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System environment variable won't stick

Running Win10 Home on an Acer Spin 3, 64bit, i7cpu. I try to add a path to the system environment variables by:

1. Control Panel > System > Advanced system settings > Advanced tab > Environment variables

2. The "Environment Variables" window opens.
3. In the "System Variables" pane I select "Path" and click the EDIT button.
4. A list of the current system paths is displayed.
5. I click the NEW button, browse to the path I want to add which is "C:\Python36-32" and click OK. The path "C:\Python36-32" is added to the list of current system paths.
6. I click OK and am returned to the "Environment Variables" window.
7. I click the "X" at the top right to close the "Environment Variables" window.

Now if I click the "Environment Variables" button again (end of step-1) and repeat steps 2-4, the new path I added in step-5 is gone. IOW, adding a new path won't stick.

What am I doing wrong?

 

System environment variable won't stick

Yes, there's an OK button for each step.

 

Change System variables on windows 11

Hi Nadav Scher,

Thank you for that information, this is a known bug, that method is causing this error.

Click your Start Button, then just type advanced system

On the resulting list, open 'View Advanced System Settings

On the resulting utility click the 'Environment Variables' button at the bottom

You should then be able to edit the System Variables settings.