mysql is not recognised as an internal or external command,operable program or batch

Question

I had set the MySQL path, but still getting the same error. Please let me know whether I followed the correct one or not.

MySQL location is: C:\\Program Files\

Answer 1

In my case, it turned out to be a simple case of spacing.

Turns out, i had a space inserted after the last ; and before ""C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7" For this very simple reason, no matter what i did, MySql was still not being recognized.

Once i eliminated the spaces before and after path, it worked perfectly.

In retrospect, seems like a very obvious answer, but nobody's mentioned it anywhere.

Also, i'm new to this whole windows thing, so please excuse me if it sounds very simple.