Error “The goal you specified requires a project to execute but there is no POM in this directory” after executing maven command

Question

I have a pom.xml in C:\\Users\\AArmijos\\Desktop\\Factura Electronica\\MIyT\\componentes-1.0.4\\sources\\pom.xml and I executed:

mv         


        

Answer 1

I got this error suddenly in Netbeans (but it worked from the command line) and it turns out some other program had changed the default directory of the command prompt. And because Netbeans runs "cmd /c" when invoking maven, it starts in an incorrect directory.

Check out in Regedit the value for

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\Autorun  

If it has been set, you probably should remove it to fix the problem. (1)

(I landed here when trying to resolve this issue, might not be 100% applicable to the current question - but might help others)

(1) Changing default startup directory for command prompt in Windows 7