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I have recently been screwing around with Windows Git Bash shell to try and force its ~ to not be my mapped network drive Z: and instead something more logical and useful. To do so I tried to edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc\profile, upon saving my changes and restarting it seems that GitBash now cannot find most all commands.

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What happened and how do I fix this?

I'd also like to note that I could not edit profile with Notepad++ or any other text editor, each complained that the file was already opened elsewhere on the computer when trying to save the changes. To edit the file I had to use vim within Git Bash. Also once I saved these inserts (HOME="C:\Users\..\__GitBash\) I could not view the changes with Notepad++, the file modified date didn't even change (though oddly enough it seems that ~ is now C:\Users\...\Documents; BUT NOT C:\Users\...\Documents\__GitBash\)... Also note I do not have administrator privileges on this computer.

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  • Check your $PATH environment variable. Commented Aug 10, 2016 at 16:44

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Try this, if your $PATH does not include a reference to git.exe:

First, echo to see if it does contain a git.exe reference:

echo "$PATH"

If not, add the path using this command:

PATH="$PATH;C:\Program Files(x86)\Git\bin"

Make sure that the path correctly addresses an existing file on your system, too.

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That last part should probably read C:\Windows\Program Files(x86)\Git\bin. The name of the program should not be in the path.
@MadPhysicist I think you're correct, but I'll double-check. Edit made
In cmd, do setx path "%path%;C:\Windows\Program Files(x86)\Git\bin"
In GitBash my PATH does include ...\Git\bin (EDIT) It is also included in my Windows PATH.
Changing the directory to C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\ has seemed to fix the issue. The directory you have in the answer does not exist on my computer.

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