How to set Path in Windows without admin rights

In our office we normally do not get admin rights on our machine and we may need to set Paths for our various softwares like JDK, SQL servers, MAVEN etc.

Lets see steps on How to set Path in Windows without admin rights.


1. From Start menu open Control Panel

2. In Control panel Go to User Accounts
How to set Path in Windows without admin rights

3. In the user Accounts, Click on “Change my environment variables”
How to set Path in Windows without admin rights

4. A Environment Variables dialog will get opened. You can add/edit/delete your environment variables and Path in the highlighted section.
How to set Path in Windows without admin rights
Note: If you do not have admin rights, then you will not be able to modify the System variables section.