title: Command prompt not recognizing MongoDB even when added to environment PATH
body: <p>I am new to the MEAN stack and am trying to implement a tutorial here:<a href="https://scotch.io/tutorials/build-a-restful-api-using-node-and-express-4" rel="nofollow">https://scotch.io/tutorials/build-a-restful-api-using-node-and-express-4</a></p>
  
  <p>I am simply trying to install packages I need which are both node.js, express,js, and MongoDB.</p>
  
  <p>My steps after trying to troubleshoot:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <ol>
    <li>I have installed MongoDB 3.2.1 from their site onto my local machine and it is stored at path C:\Program
    Files\MongoDB\Server\3.2\bin\</li>
    </ol>
    
    <p>(I can navigate to C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.2\bin in my
    command prompt window and type mongo and have it run)</p>
    
    <ol start="2">
    <li>I went to Control Panel -> System Settings -> Security -> Advanced -> Environment Varaibles -> and under system varialbles:</li>
    </ol>
    
    <p>Earlier I had to add a path for node.js (C:\Program Files\nodejs works
    fine for running node at any directory level)</p>
    
    <p>So I tried adding a system variable:  MongoDB at "C:\Program
    Files\MongoDB\Server\3.2\bin\mongo"</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>So the ultimate goal is for me to be able to navigate to a folder strucutre on my desktop and run: </p>
  
  <p>"node --version"
  "express --version" 
  "mongo --version"
  and have them all be properly installed and available so that I can move on to my application creation.</p>
  
  <p>Any help would be appreciated, thanks.</p>