Windows 11 cannot use "cd"command after setting system variables

Coia Prant 1

As the title, I have edited the windows system variables, but the error still occurs when I cd

As shown in the figure below, an error is reported after using the "set" command

1 answer

Philippe Levesque 5,681 Reputation points MVP

2022-11-21T15:42:13.26+00:00

Hi

Did you run cmd as admin ? as the variable seem to not set itself.

In the first printscreen I see an error in gopath, it finish with a ;

If you try cd %GOROOT%, or any other, does it work ? I ask as other directory seem ok without the ;

I would advise to run cmd as an admin and set the correct system variable correctly, not user's one.
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Coia Prant 1 Reputation point

2022-11-22T00:16:24.733+00:00

Yes, I have run "powershell" and "cmd" as administrator, 'try cd %GOROOT%' it doesn't work in your answer. Any other path will be able to use the 'cd' command. I have set the correct system variables and restarted my computer, but it still gives the error.

Philippe Levesque 5,681 Reputation points MVP

2022-11-22T01:50:01.317+00:00

I come back to my answer, the ; is a error in the path, it cant work in a command.

Philippe Levesque 5,681 Reputation points MVP

2022-11-22T01:51:04.237+00:00

Check the image, I tried to go in c:\windows and it work, and in c:\windows; it give an error. Your path set is not ok

Coia Prant 1 Reputation point

2022-11-22T03:22:08.863+00:00

When I use 'cd c:\windows' and 'cd c:\windows;', they are all pointed to c:\windows normally, I try to create the same system in vmware, they also correctly point to c:\ windows

Coia Prant 1 Reputation point

2022-11-22T03:26:59.247+00:00

Now I use 'echo %GOPATH%' and 'echo %gopath%', but it doesn't point to the path 'd:\work\go', but I have set the system variable and restarted my computer.

MotoX80 31,571 Reputation points

2022-11-22T03:40:13.66+00:00

You have 2 separate problems.

In a command prompt, the CD will fail because you have the extra ";" appended on to the GOPATH variable. Your example works in PS because the ";" character is the statement delimiter.

In a Powershell prompt, you are using the cmd/bat syntax for referencing the GOPATH environment variable. Replace %GOPATH% with $env:GOPATH.

The answer as provided by @Philippe Levesque is to remove the trailing ";" from the GOPATH variable.

Coia Prant 1 Reputation point

2022-11-22T04:11:51.56+00:00

Now I edited this system variable, but it is still reporting the same error.

Now even the 'cd or echo' system default variable 'windir' still reports an error.

MotoX80 31,571 Reputation points

2022-11-22T13:01:30.923+00:00

That is the second problem that I explained. You are using the cmd prompt syntax in a Powershell prompt. That will not work.

Don't use %windir% or %GOPATH%. Use $env:windir or $env:GOPATH.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_environment_variables?view=powershell-5.1
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