How To Solve “git Is Not Recognized Command In Windows” When You Have In

If you have installed GitHub for Windows but still get a 'git' is not recognized as an internal or external command error when running git commands in CMD, it is because the git executable’s location hasn’t been added to your system’s PATH variable.

Fix: Add Git to Your System PATH

1. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the GitHub for Windows portable git installation. The path typically looks like: C:\Users\myusername\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_93e8418133eb85e81a81e5e19c272776524496c6\libexec\git-core (The hash in the folder name will differ on your machine.)

2. Copy this full path.

3. Go to Start > Search for “Edit the system environment variables” and open it.

4. Under System Variables, find the Path variable and click Edit.

5. Append a semicolon (;) followed by the path you just copied to the end of the existing value, then click OK.

6. Open a new CMD window and run git --version to verify it works.

Still Getting a Missing DLL Error?

If you see an error about a missing DLL (such as libiconv2.dll), the GitHub for Windows portable git installation may be incomplete. In that case, download and install the full standalone Git client from git-scm.com and add its bin folder to your PATH instead.

For more details on resolving the missing DLL issue, see this Stack Overflow answer.

Thanks for reading!