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

I've the same problem on my computer and I resolved it :

• I deleted the Maven directory and the Maven environment variables
• I downloaded the binary zip archive on https://maven.apache.org/download.cgi
• I unzipped it on C:\maven
• I added new environement variable : C:\maven in M2_HOME, %M2_HOME%\lib in M2 and %M2% added in PATH

And it works !