'composer' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Question

I have installed the composer also and the path is also well defined but when I type composer update then the following error appears. 'composer' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Path: C:\ProgramData\ComposerSetup\bin

F:\xampp\php

C:\Users\THEE NES\AppData\Roaming\Composer\vendor\bin

yes i tried in new command prompt but it is giving same error — THEE NES, Jul 02 '18 at 10:29
Does it work if you run the command from within the folder you have installed composer? Also can you please show us the Path environment variable value and the path which you have installed composer? — Nimeshka Srimal, Jul 02 '18 at 10:30
you have to check the directory where you have installed composer and run it in same directory. — Adesh Kumar, Jul 02 '18 at 10:32
Did you follow the [Installation instructions for Windows](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#installation-windows)? — brombeer, Jul 02 '18 at 10:51
Does this answer your question? ['composer' is not recognized as an internal or external command in windows server](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39724594/composer-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command-in-windows-serve) — Nico Haase, Nov 12 '21 at 14:03

Edison Biba · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-02T11:14:40.093

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You can try to run it in this way because you may not have installed it globally:

C:\ProgramData\ComposerSetup\bin\composer update

If it still doesn't work you have to restart Windows Explorer or your computer not only cmd

edited Jul 02 '18 at 11:14

answered Jul 02 '18 at 10:31

Edison Biba

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