Permanently Set OpenVINO™ Toolkit Environment Variables for Windows*
You can manually set OpenVINO™ Environment Variables permanently in Windows® 10 or Windows® 11. On your Windows* system, go to Control Panel > System and Security > System > Advanced System Settings > Environment Variables. Under System Variables, add the following as New variables with their corresponding Value as shown below:
| Variable Name | Variable Value | Notes |
| INTEL_OPENVINO_DIR | C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\openvino_2023.3.0 | Path to your OpenVINO™ toolkit installation |
| OpenVINO_DIR | %INTEL_OPENVINO_DIR%\runtime\cmake | |
| ngraph_DIR | %INTEL_OPENVINO_DIR%\runtime\cmake | |
| OPENVINO_LIB_PATHS | %INTEL_OPENVINO_DIR%\runtime\3rdparty\tbb\bin | Entries to OPENVINO_LIB_PATHS |
| InferenceEngine_DIR | %INTEL_OPENVINO_DIR%\runtime\cmake | |
| PYTHONPATH | %INTEL_OPENVINO_DIR%\python | |
| SCRIPT_NAME | setupvars.bat | |
| TBB_DIR | %INTEL_OPENVINO_DIR%\runtime\3rdparty\tbb\lib\cmake\tbb |
You will also need to edit the Path variable under System Variables and add the following entries:
| Entry | Notes |
| %INTEL_OPENVINO_DIR%\runtime\3rdparty\tbb\bin | |
| %INTEL_OPENVINO_DIR%\runtime\3rdparty\tbb\bin\intel64\vc14 | |
| %INTEL_OPENVINO_DIR%\runtime\3rdparty\tbb\redist\intel64\vc14 | |
| %INTEL_OPENVINO_DIR%\runtime\bin\intel64\Release | |
| %INTEL_OPENVINO_DIR%\runtime\bin\intel64\Debug |
| Note | This applies to 2023.3 LTS release of OpenVINO™ toolkit. A system reboot may be required for the changes to take effect. |