# Windows Terminal Not Working

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/windows-terminal-not-working/3676>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [July 13, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/windows-terminal-not-working/3676 "2016-07-13T22:34:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Modestas\_Jakuska](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Modestas\_Jakuska](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Modestas_Jakuska)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/windows-terminal-not-working/3676/1 "2016-07-13T22:34:44Z")

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Hi,

I was following this tutorial:

> **[Install Hugo](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/installing/)**
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> Install Hugo on macOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and on any machine where the Go compiler tool chain can run.

And, it’s not working. I have the hugo.exe in C:\Hugo\bin\hugo.exe and my PATH has also been set like the instructions specified. But, when I type `hugo help`, I get:`'hugo' is not recognized as an internal or external command` error. If I open my command prompt in the C:\Hugo\bin folder, `hugo help` works fine. So, it seems like the PATH is not working for some reason.

Note: I’m using Windows 10.

Could you please tell me what I can do?

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**Author:** ![Modestas\_Jakuska](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Modestas\_Jakuska](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Modestas_Jakuska)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 7:40am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/windows-terminal-not-working/3676/2 "2016-07-14T07:40:37Z")

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It works now!

What I did:  
So, I changed the path from **C:\Hugo\bin\hugo.ex** which the tutorial told me to use to using just **C:\Hugo\bin**. I don’t know if the instructions are wrong or if my Window’s is being weird but I think it would be a good idea for someone too look over the instructions provided at: [https://gohugo.io/tutorials/installing-on-windows/#less-technical-users](https://gohugo.io/tutorials/installing-on-windows/#less-technical-users)

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**Author:** ![bep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/bep/32/3332_2.png) [@bep](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/bep)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 8:26am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/windows-terminal-not-working/3676/3 "2016-07-14T08:26:53Z")

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Thanks for the issue report, and sorry for your troubles.

I created this issue to track a fix:

> <https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/2280>