Windows 10: why does it not let me edit the paths in system variables

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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?

 

How to edit the user path environment variable (not system path)

I need to edit the user path environment variable (not the
system path), but it doesn't seem possible in any way. I have edited the user path before on another computer running Windows 7 by right clicking My Computer --> Advanced System Settings --> Environment Variables --> and editing the user path in the
top dialog box (not the system path in the bottom dialog box). I tried the same thing in Windows 10 but "path" doesn't show up in the user environment variables dialog box, only TEMP and TMP show up.

I also tried searching for path after hitting the windows key and clicking "Edit environment variables for your account" but nothing happens when I click it. If I search for "path" when in Control Panel, I also get the option to click "Edit environment variables
for your account" but again, nothing happens when I click it. I also tried running Regedit --> HKEY_CURRENT_USER --> Environment, but the same options of TEMP and TMP show up, with no "path" option. I have tried searching the web for hours trying to solve
this problem but I can't find a solution. Is there any other way to change edit the user path? Is Microsoft actively trying to address this problem? I am running on Windows 10 version 1511 OS build 10586.104. I am the only user on this machine and I am the
administrator.

 

Is PATH is on the User Variables, or System Variable?

Hello, I have a problem with my PATH variable in my Windows 8.1 computer.

1. Where it all starts:

I installed SQLite on my computer, and then i want to test it from Command Prompt with this command:

sqlite3 test.db

But the output is:

'sqlite3' is not recognized as an internal or external command

operable program or batch file.

I looked up on stackoverflow for the same problem, it says that i have to add the sqlite3 path to Environment Variables, which everyone had it on their System Variables. But when i opened the Environment Variables setting, my PATH variables was on the User Variables.

2. What i did:

I added the C:\sqlite3 which the path where the sqlite3 files belongs to, to the PATH on the User Variables. After that i tried to run the same command again and it still doesn't work.

And then i try to add a New Variable under the System Variables, and put the name as PATH and just copy the value from the User Variables PATH. And when i run the same command again, it works.

What i want to ask is, is it ok if i made a PATH variable like this?

3. Condition right now:

I had 2 PATH after i made the new one, which is PATH that was in the User Variables and PATH that i made in the System Variables.

I need your help in this situation because i am worried if this action could affect my computer. Thank you.