# GATLING\_HOME environnement variable **URL:** \ **Category:** Gatling (Open-Source)\ **Created:** [October 22, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/gatling-home-environnement-variable/2632 "2015-10-22T15:49:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Uday\_Auchuri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/54ee81/32.png) [@Uday\_Auchuri](https://community.gatling.io/u/Uday_Auchuri)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/gatling-home-environnement-variable/2632/1 "2015-10-22T15:49:40Z")
Unable to lauch the Gatling.bat or recorder due to following error. Can someone help me with how to set the environment variable in Windows 7 for Gatling\_HOME GATLING\_HOME environnement variable is not set and could not be guessed automatically. Please set GATLING\_HOME and try to launch Gatling again. Press any key to continue . . . ---
**Author:** ![jarrowwx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4af34b/32.png) [@jarrowwx](https://community.gatling.io/u/jarrowwx)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/gatling-home-environnement-variable/2632/2 "2015-10-22T15:56:51Z")
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**Author:** ![Uday\_Auchuri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/54ee81/32.png) [@Uday\_Auchuri](https://community.gatling.io/u/Uday_Auchuri)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.gatling.io/t/gatling-home-environnement-variable/2632/3 "2015-10-22T16:02:06Z")
I created a new system variable GATLING\_HOME and updated the path with until bin folder as below: GATLING\_HOME = C:\Users\Downloads\gatling-charts-highcharts-bundle-2.1.7-bundle\gatling-charts-highcharts-bundle-2.1.7 PATH =C:\Users\Downloads\gatling-charts-highcharts-bundle-2.1.7-bundle\gatling-charts-highcharts-bundle-2.1.7\bin