‘ant’ is not recognized as an internal or external

Question

I have the same issue as this user: ant - not recognized as an internal

however unfortunately none of the solutions have worked for me in that post or any other. I've also looked at other commands not recognized and specifically adding a path variable. The procedure I am using is as follows:

Extract to a desired installation directory, e.g. C:\apache-ant
Create an ANT_HOME environment variable`

Open System Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables
Create a new system variable
    Variable name: ANT_HOME
    Variable value: C:\apache-ant 

Add %ANT_HOME%\bin directory to the PATH system variable

Open System Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables
Under system variables, select PATH and append ;%ANT_HOME%\bin
    e.g. %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%ANT_HOME%\bin

Verify that ANT is installed.

Open a new command window and type:
C:\>ant -v`

In my case the Variable value is C:\apache-ant\apache-ant-1.8.2.

My exact path variable is %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%ANT_HOME%\bin which doesn't have any spaces between semicolons.

However testing the ant installation does not work, the picture below is what I'm experiencing:

I have tried restarting on numerous occasions to no avail. I have run out of ideas, so if anyone has any any information would be helpful. Thanks!

EDIT

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Answer 1

even with the environment variables set, I found that ant -version does not work in scripts. Try call ant -version

Answer 2

Please follow these steps

1. In User Variables

   Set VARIABLE NAME=ANT_HOME VARIABLE PATH =C:\Program Files\apache-ant-1.9.7

2.Edit User Variable PATH = %ANT_HOME%\bin

3. Go to System Variables

   • Set Path =%ANT_HOME%\bin