19
5
When I enter "firefox" in the windows run dialog (i.e. the dialog that appears when you hit windows+R), firefox will launch.
However, "firefox.exe" is not in my %path%
because when I type "firefox" in cmd.exe
, I get
'firefox' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
So apparently an executable doesn't need to be found in the windows %path%
in order to be discoverable by the run dialog. How does this work?
Also, don't forget to check
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths
. I was encounter this problem as well because I installed Beta + Canary versions of Chrome but couldn't understand why Canary was opening but not the stable version of chrome, despite both not being in the%PATH%
. Turns out this answer helped, but it was underHKCU
instead ofHKLM
! – chunk_split – 2019-11-11T20:47:39.4601@chunk_split thanks, answer updated – wcoenen – 2019-11-12T10:15:58.480
Thank you, I was baffled by the same thing (firefox) and your answer explained it well. – Adam Plocher – 2013-12-20T23:31:42.190