VS 2022 - incorrect paths Developer Prompt "VisualStudio" unless run as admin

Question

I'm chasing down a file not found error building a large project and I noticed that the VS 2022 Developer Command Prompt seems to include some incorrect paths when run normally. The "VisualStudio" changes to the correct "Visual Studio" (with space) when I choose the Run as Administrator option to open the prompt.

1. The "VisualStudio" changes to the correct "Visual Studio" (with space) when I choose the Run as Administrator option to open the prompt.
2. "Program Files (x86)" is changed to "ProgramFiles (x86)" if no admin rights, another missing space
3. Missing spaces in "MicrosoftSQL" and "ProgramFiles":

SET if run without admin rights:

EXTERNAL_INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.35.32215\include;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.35.32215\ATLMFC\include;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft VisualStudio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\VS\include;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22621.0\ucrt;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\um;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\winrt;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22621.0\\cppwinrt;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\NETFXSDK\4.8\include\um

Path=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.35.32215\bin\HostX86\x86;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\VCPackages;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\MSBuild\Current\bin\Roslyn;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Team Tools\Performance Tools;
C:\ProgramFiles (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Common\VSPerfCollectionTools\vs2019;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\bin\NETFX 4.8 Tools;C:\Program Files (x86)\HTML Help Workshop;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\FSharp\Tools;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\CodeCoverage.Console;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22621.0\x86;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x86;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64;C:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\Tools;C:\Program Files\Microsoft\jdk-11.0.16.101-hotspot\bin;C:\Python\Python37\Scripts;C:\Python\Python37;C:\windows\system32;C:\windows;C:\windows\System32\Wbem;C:\windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\windows\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\TypeScript\1.0;C:\Users\DaveSimmons.dnx\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft DNX\Dnvm;C:\Program Files\dotnet;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\170\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Windows Performance Toolkit;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\150\Tools\Binn;C:\Users\DaveSimmons\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\DaveSimmons.dotnet\tools;E:\Ghidrah\jdk11.0.12_7\bin;;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\Llvm\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft VisualStudio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\CMake\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\Ninja;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\VC\Linux\bin\ConnectionManagerExe

__VSCMD_PREINIT_PATH=C:\Program Files\Microsoft\jdk-11.0.16.101-hotspot\bin;C:\Python\Python37\Scripts;C:\Python\Python37;C:\windows\system32;C:\windows;C:\windows\System32\Wbem;C:\windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\windows\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\TypeScript\1.0;C:\Users\DaveSimmons.dnx\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft DNX\Dnvm;C:\Program Files\dotnet;
C:\Program Files\MicrosoftSQL Server\130\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\170\Tools\Binn;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Windows Performance Toolkit;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH;C:\ProgramFiles\PowerShell\7;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\150\Tools\Binn;C:\Users\DaveSimmons\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;

Where in the settings or files can I fix this? Also, should I report the bugs somewhere?

This was installed yesterday, using the installer not an ISO, to the default location. Is the latest version of VS2022.

Visual Studio

Answer 1

Hi @David Simmons, 

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A! 

It may be related to the environment variables. 

Please firstly restart your computer and check if anything is different.

You can try to add the correct paths into system or user path. After editing the environment variables, you need to restart your pc to save the change. 

Sincerely,

Anna

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