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"The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect" error occurs in specific circumstance

This is a batch script activate.bat from the project w64devkit v1.3.1

@set PATH=%~dp0\bin;%PATH%
@busybox sh -l

I get error "The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect" when i double click the batch script to run it but when i execute the batch script in the ConEmu terminal, it runs fine and drops me into a busybox shell.

I have read the question and best answer of this link and i still could not fix the error.

busybox.exe is in the bin directory and the activate.bat file is one directory above the bin folder. All these files are in the w64devkit folder which was extracted from the zip file w64devkit.zip.

My operating system is Windows 8.1 Pro.

@NekoMusume comment worked. The batch script worked when executed with administrator privileges.

Solution

  • Run the file as an administrator. Sometimes depending on security policies and group policies administrator access is required when changing environment variables.