'mvn' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file error in Windows 10

Question

I have read similar questions about this problem but it is not working anyways.

I've extracted maven 3.3.3 to D:\Maven (Java already installed and works fine) then added 2 system variables:

Variable	Value
`M2`	`%M2_HOME%\bin`
`M2_HOME`	`D:\Maven`

I've also appended next in the path:

%M2%

But it is still not working.

I can execute mvn -version from the D:\Maven\bin but can't do this from another directory.

Please verify inside D:\Maven\bin there is mvn.bat exist or not. — Bhuwan Prasad Upadhyay, Nov 08 '15 at 00:04
Make sure you have your maven bin directory in the path and the JAVA_HOME property set — Bhuwan Prasad Upadhyay, Nov 08 '15 at 00:05
This is a Windows path issue, not a Maven issue. What does echo %PATH% return? — kervin, Nov 08 '15 at 00:33
You can consider [this related Q/A](https://stackoverflow.com/q/17432809/4575793). Be aware that (at least for recent Windows) there is a difference between user (above) and system environment variables such as `path`. [Screenshot here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zHtTQ.png) — Cadoiz, Sep 13 '21 at 13:14

Bhuwan Prasad Upadhyay · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-08T01:01:40.843

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Don't put extra space in your path after D:\Maven\bin; in D:\Maven\bin; D:\Program Files\NodeJS; Please don't make any space in path variable.

Normally, To set mvn in command line in windows :

Set JAVA_HOME property in system environment
eg. JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_65
Set M2_HOME property in system environment
eg. M2_HOME=D:\apache-maven-3.3.3
Finally add maven to PATH

;%M2_HOME%\bin; add this at the end of PATH property of system environment

Now Try mvn -version

edited Nov 08 '15 at 01:01

answered Nov 08 '15 at 00:13

Bhuwan Prasad Upadhyay

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I think your maven is break mvn.bat . just download from this link and do above thing http://www.eu.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.3.3/binaries/apache-maven-3.3.3-bin.zip – Bhuwan Prasad Upadhyay Nov 08 '15 at 00:35
What is the result of echo %JAVA_HOME% – Bhuwan Prasad Upadhyay Nov 08 '15 at 00:38
C:\Users\Boris>echo %JAVA_HOME% D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_66 Also reinstalled maven. Still not working. – Boris Nov 08 '15 at 00:46
do you try by downloading new archive also using above link? – Bhuwan Prasad Upadhyay Nov 08 '15 at 00:50
Yes. Older version is the same but I downloaded by link above anyway. – Boris Nov 08 '15 at 00:52
Hello here is one extra space in you path after D:\Maven\bin; in D:\Maven\bin; D:\Program Files\NodeJS; please dont make any space in path variable. if it is possible please write whole PATH property here. – Bhuwan Prasad Upadhyay Nov 08 '15 at 00:56
Thanks, it works! Please, update your answer and I will accept it. – Boris Nov 08 '15 at 00:58
Also try mvn -version by opening command as Adminstrator . Otherwise try also maven -version – Bhuwan Prasad Upadhyay Nov 08 '15 at 00:58
Ensure that you start a new cmd prompt when you change the Environment varibale settings because changes are not reflected on the older cmd prompt on which you were working before doing env variable changes. – MD5 Jan 05 '17 at 05:03

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 13 '18 at 06:03

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Try to put full maven path upto bin like "C:\Users\ABC\Downloads\maven-2.0.5-bin\maven-2.0.5\bin" directly into path variable of os, then you will be able to understand where problem exists.

answered Oct 13 '18 at 06:03

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 18 '22 at 11:50

One mistake I did was, There will two environment variables section

One can be accessed via admin while the other one doesn't require any. Please specify the paths in the second place

It will work for sure., also try echo %M2_HOME% to check whether you have configured correctly..before jumping to mvn install

Hope this helps for someone who has to use admin rights

'mvn' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file error in Windows 10

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