title: Installing Laravel 4.1 in Windows 7 // Make .phar file globally available to windows command line
body: <p>i have some problems installing Laravel 4.1 in Windows 7 via the first method explained in the Laravel documentation ( <a href="http://laravel.com/docs/installation#install-laravel">http://laravel.com/docs/installation#install-laravel</a> ).</p>
  
  <p>So I downloaded the laravel.phar file and put it in my path ( System32 ). Which would be the equivalent of /usr/bin in linux based systems?</p>
  
  <p>( I also added .PHAR in the PATHEXT system variable ).</p>
  
  <p>When i ran the laravel command from the command line it didn't know how to open it, so i chose to open it with php.exe. Now, when I run the composer command it says: "Could not open input file: C:\Windows\system32\laravel.phar".</p>
  
  <p>I suppose it's less a problem with laravel itself but my limited knowledge of the Windows command line. The installation via composer works fine. </p>
  
  <p>Any help is appreciated.</p>
  
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  <p>To rephrase and clarify this question: How do I make a .phar file globally available to the Windows command line?</p>