What is a path?

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The path is the route to a file on a computer. In the Windows operating system, the path is the drive plus the location in the folder system.

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What is a path?

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The path is the route to a file on a computer. In the Windows operating system, the path is the drive plus the location in the folder system. For example, C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\WINWORD.exe, is the path for Microsoft Word.

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