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Windows not recognizing Go installation?

Hi All,
I'm just about to try and dig into learning Go for the first time - trying to get it installed on a Windows machine but even after a successful installation the 'go' command isn't being recognized... I've installed using Chocolatey and pasted the outputs below - has anyone run into this before or know how to resolve this issue? 

PS C:\Users\$> choco install -y golang
Chocolatey v0.11.3
Installing the following packages:
golang
By installing, you accept licenses for the packages.
Progress: Downloading golang 1.17.3... 100%

golang v1.17.3 [Approved]
golang package files install completed. Performing other installation steps.
Downloading golang 64 bit
  from 'https://golang.org/dl/go1.17.3.windows-amd64.msi'
Progress: 100% - Completed download of C:\Users\$\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey\golang\1.17.3\go1.17.3.windows-amd64.msi (124.28 MB).
Download of go1.17.3.windows-amd64.msi (124.28 MB) completed.
Hashes match.
Installing golang...
golang has been installed.
  golang may be able to be automatically uninstalled.
Environment Vars (like PATH) have changed. Close/reopen your shell to
 see the changes (or in powershell/cmd.exe just type `refreshenv`).
 The install of golang was successful.
  Software installed as 'msi', install location is likely default.

Chocolatey installed 1/1 packages.
 See the log for details (C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs\chocolatey.log).
PS C:\Users\$> go version
go : The term 'go' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the
spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ go version
+ ~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (go:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException


PS C:\Users\$> refreshenv
Refreshing environment variables from registry for cmd.exe. Please wait...Finished..


PS C:\Users\$> go version
go : The term 'go' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the
spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ go version
+ ~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (go:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
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    Did you try the regular cmd and not the powershell command prompt

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    Wow, it was really that simple... thank you!! Do you have any idea why it works in regular cmd but not powershell? I was always under the impression that powershell is essentially the regular cmd but with extra features so anything that works in cmd should work exactly the same in powershell?

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