Maven M2_HOME set to an invalid directory (Windows 7)

Question

I\'ve tried installing Maven to Windows 7 with poor results. Some basic info:

Maven installation directory: C:\\Program Files\\Apache Software Foundation\\ap

Answer 1

In M2_HOME - set C:\apache-maven-3.0.4 i.e. path without bin. In PATH - set %M2_HOME%\bin i.e. with bin in path.