Cannot install on Windows because my Windows user id has a space in it (VSC-1090)

[roblatour]

OS

Windows

Operating System version

windows 11

Visual Studio Code version

1.77.3

ESP-IDF version

5.0.1

Python version

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Doctor command output

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Extension

I tried the defauts (which include my user name)
I also tried creating a directory c:/ESP and tried using it too, it did not work

Description

Cannot install on Windows because my Windows user id has a space in it.

I read the instructions at
https://github.com/espressif/vscode-esp-idf-extension/blob/master/docs/tutorial/install.md
more specifically,
NOTE: Make sure that IDF_PATH and IDF_TOOLS_PATH doesn't have any spaces to avoid any build issues.

However when I tried to change those two path in the installer set up screen, the installer ignored what I had entered and threw an error include a path with my user name (which has a space in it).

Setting up a new user on my computer just for the sake of this one piece of software is a non starter.

If there is another work-around please advise, and I would also too suggest that the document at the above link be updated too.

Debug Message

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Other Steps to Reproduce

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I have checked existing issues, online documentation and the Troubleshooting Guide

• I confirm I have checked existing issues, online documentation and Troubleshooting guide.

[brianignacio5]

When you try to use another location, what error do you receive ? Can you describe the steps you are following ?

[roblatour]

Here is a screenshot of the error I get:

Here too is a video of the install process (I had to zip it to be able to upload it)
vid2.zip

[brianignacio5]

I just tested the extension using spaces in PATH and the setup went through. Which version of the extension are you using ? Did you update to latest version ?

[roblatour]

As shown in the video (inside the zip file) of my previous post I was using v1.6.1 of the extension, trying to install v5.0.1 of esp-idf

Having that said, this morning I gave it another try, creating a folder on my c: drive called
c:\esp
and using that for the container name and c:\esp.espressif for the tool directory and it seemed to work fine.

However, I wasn't paying attention to the version of the IDF I install (v5.0 or v5.0.1) so I uninstalled the visual studio extension and deleted the c:\esp folders contents and tried again (to be sure) to install 5.0.1 (it didn't work - same error as originally reported). Then I tried 5.0, and after that the master branch. In all cases I got the same error about the spaces in the path name (as from my original post).

Of note, I have tried, reloading after the extension uninstall, exiting visual studio code, and even rebooting - but the problem remains. I assume something is being cached as a temp file someplace??

[roblatour]

I finally found a work-around by creating a directory on my c: drive, and putting both the container and tool set directories in it as follows:

Also, prior to pressing the 'Install' button (shown on the screen shot above) I pre-populated the esp-idf directory with a download of that library from github - that is to say I downloaded it as a zip file, and unzipped it into the c:\esp-r-r5-1\esp-idf folder. Following this from the cmd prompt I issued to the following command to populate all the linked subdirectories:
git submodule update --init –recursive

Hope this will be of help to others while this issue is worked out.

[Eplankton]

Exactly the same problem with me.

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[roblatour]

stale but unresolved, would like to see a fix for the future.

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[Manoshanmugam]

Even I am facing the same issue while installing even after changing the file path without spaces (i.e I am facing the exact same issue like @roblatour ) , can someone guide me to install espidf with vs code extension?

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[lmatter]

This is not necessarily an esp-idf issue. I sadly have a space in my windows username and had this problem building Marlin 3D printer firmware - I think it's a VSCode issue.
Anyway, change the folders in configuration to ones without spaces.

[Teunderbolt]

Installation goes well (installed in a dedicated folder directly on C://) tested it with version 1.6.5 and with the latest version 1.7.0. When building I get an error, because the project folder is in my user folder and my user folder has a space. A quick search learned me that this has been resolved with platformio but not with espressifs own vscode extension. I beg you please fix this.

[brianignacio5]

Should be fixed by PR #1159