How to fix the Oracle error PRVF-03929: Adding the Oracle binary location to the PATH environment variable will exceed the OS length limit of [ “{0}” ], The maximum allowed length for PATH environment variable is [“{1}”] on the node “{2}”?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorPRVF-03929: Adding the Oracle binary location to the PATH environment variable will exceed the OS length limit of [ “{0}” ], The maximum allowed length for PATH environment variable is [“{1}”] on the node “{2}” with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

PRVF-03929: Adding the Oracle binary location to the PATH environment variable will exceed the OS length limit of [ “{0}” ], The maximum allowed length for PATH environment variable is [“{1}”] on the node “{2}”

Reason for the Error PRVF-03929: Adding the Oracle binary location to the PATH environment variable will exceed the OS length limit of [ “{0}” ], The maximum allowed length for PATH environment variable is [“{1}”] on the node “{2}”

Cause: The installer needs to update the PATH environment variable to include the value “%ORACLE_HOME%/bin;”. However, doing so will cause PATH to exceed the maximum allowable length that this operating system allows.

How to fix the Error PRVF-03929: Adding the Oracle binary location to the PATH environment variable will exceed the OS length limit of [ “{0}” ], The maximum allowed length for PATH environment variable is [“{1}”] on the node “{2}” ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Action: Ensure that the length of your current PATH environment variable is less than that of specified maximum allowed length, so that adding of “%ORACLE_HOME%/bin;” does not exceed the system’s environment variable length limit. Restart the installer after changing the setting for environment variable.