PATH variable and quotation marks (windows)
Solution 1:
The PATH variable doesn't ordinarily contain quotes; it uses semicolons as its delimiter. For example, here is my system's PATH definition, which includes folders with spaces:
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Performance Toolkit\
It seems that Windows can execute programs with "quoted" paths, but the DLL search routine can't handle them.
Ideally you should use:
set PATH=c:\app\bin;c:\app\runtime;%PATH%
Another workaround might be to launch the program from c:\app\runtime, eg:
cd /d C:\app\runtime
..\bin\app.exe
That may not even require modifying the PATH variable.
Solution 2:
This happens when you paste in a path value with TWO or more paths separated by a COLON instead of pasting them into the dialog one at a time. I had the same issue.
Your Solutions:
- Remove the path value with separated by COLONS and paste them into a text editor, then paste each path value in separately. OR
- Click the button EDIT TEXT... and remove the quotes around the outside of your string. The environment var dialog will then move each value to a new line.
Click OK OK then relaunch your terminal editor to load the new values.
Hope that helps!