My Hadoop settings

gistfile1.txt

Create HADOOP_HOME environment variable pointing to your installation folder selected above.

Without admin:
$env:HADOOP_HOME = "D:\Tools\Hadoop"

With admin:
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("HADOOP_HOME", "D:\Tools\Hadoop", "Machine")

Add Hadoop bin folder to your Windows Path variable as %HADOOP_HOME%\bin.

Without admin:
$ENV:PATH=”$ENV:PATH;%HADOOP_HOME%\bin”

With admin:
$oldpath = (Get-ItemProperty -Path ‘Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment’ -Name PATH).path
$newpath = “$oldpath;%HADOOP_HOME%\bin”
Set-ItemProperty -Path ‘Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment’ -Name PATH -Value $newPath