Microsoft applications unable to open- "The system could not find the enviornment option that was entered".

[Beck Boan]

I want to preface this by saying I likely made a mistake messing with file paths when trying to download a C++ compiler. As of now, most applications that I open error out with a "The system could not find the enviornment option that was entered" message. The file path it references depends on the application but it is either in the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps directory or the %USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps directory. As of now, the %USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps is in my user PATH file. I am not sure what I did as I potentially deleted an environmental variabl

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