Adding the Backburner Path to the Windows Path Environment Variable
 
 
 

Environment variables are file paths that help Microsoft Windows find and launch applications such as Backburner Server. If the path to Backburner is missing or incorrectly defined, Windows is not able to launch Backburner Server or the application associated with the job. When this happens, the following errors may appear in the following applications:

Do the following procedure to add Backburner to the Path environment variable in Windows.

To add the Backburner path to the Windows path environment variable:

  1. In Windows XP, from the Start menu, choose Settings, Control Panel, then System.

    The System Properties dialog appears.

  2. Show the Advanced tab, and then click Environment Variables to display the environment variables.

    The Environment Variables dialog appears, showing user and system environment variables defined for the Windows workstation.

  3. From the System Variables list, choose Path and then click Edit.

    The contents of the Path environment variable appear.

  4. Check the Path environment variable for the file path to Backburner: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Backburner\ (default). If this path is missing or is incorrectly specified, re-enter it.
  5. Click OK to return to the Environment Variables dialog, then close all dialogs and restart the Windows workstation.