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title: Adding Envirioment Variables in Windows
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### Via GUI
1. Download Varpanel.
2. Open Varpanel.
3. In PATH variable, add the relevant path (for example).
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### Via Command Line
Refer to this answer on Super User.
### If Using Node
Add the [dotenv](https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv) package to your application. You can then store your environment variables in a `.env` file. Be sure to remember to add `*.env` to your `.gitignore` file.