title: Echoing path variable in windows displaying twice
body: <p>When i am trying to echo the system path variable it is showing the same thing twice.</p>
  
  <p>My system path variable: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\bin;C:\Program Files
    (x86)\PC Connectivity Solution\;C:\Program Files\Common
    Files\MicrosoftShared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files
    (x86)\CommonFiles\MicrosoftShared\WindowsLive;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program
    Files\Dell\DW WLAN Card;C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth
    Software\;C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth
    Software\syswow64;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>And when i echo it on cmd 
  echo %Path% it displays this</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\bin;C:\Program Files
    (x86)\PC Connectivity Solution\;C:\Program Files\Common
    Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common
    Files\Microsoft
    Shared\WindowsLive;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program
    Files\Dell\DW WLAN Card;C:\ProgramFiles\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth
    Software\;C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth
    Software\syswow64;C:\Program
    Files(x86)\WindowsLive\Shared;C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\bin;C:\Program
    Files (x86)\PC ConnectivitySolution\;C:\Program Files\Common
    Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common
    Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows
    Live;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program
    Files\Dell\DW WLAN Card;C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth
    Software\;C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth
    Software\syswow64;C:\Program Files
    (x86)\WindowsLive\Shared;F:\Java\jdk1.6.0_38\bin\</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Can anybody help why is it displaying same values twice? And is there side effects of this?</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>P.S: I have created a local Path variable as
    %Path%F:\Java\jdk1.6.0_38\bin\</p>
  </blockquote>