Does adding directories to the Windows Path variable affect performance?
environment-variables, path, performance, windows
Solution
One thing that will effect your performance if you put it in the PATH are network locations.
You really want to avoid that, especially on unstable networks. Trying to access an unavailable location on the PATH is horrible in terms of performance.
Problem
The environment variable Path contains the places where Windows looks for programs to run files having the different extensions. More directories would mean more places to look in for the relevant programs, hence if there are a lot of directories, will Windows performance degrade over time? I did try searching on Google, but I could not find anything, either for, or against, my question.