I believe I answered all relevant questions. I'm going through all of them again to make a synthesis of my answers. Furthermore, I'm going to report the entire output of mvn -v.
> Are you an "experienced" Maven user who is moving to Win 8.1 Pro, or a new user of Win 8.1 Pro who is also new to Maven? Semi-experienced in both: I understand what I do. > Can you grab a screenshot of the error message and post it online somewhere? http://i.stack.imgur.com/q4LZ9.png > java -version java version "1.7.0_51" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_51-b13) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 24.51-b03, mixed mode, sharing) > What happens when you type "mvn.bat"? Windows error as above After mvn -n and setting the environment variable, this is the output ("Access denied" is the error). if "" == "" (set "HOME=<my_user_base_path>" ) if not "" == "" goto skipRcPre if exist "<my_user_base_path>\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "<my_user_base_path>\mavenrc_pre.bat" set ERROR_CODE=0 if "Windows_NT" == "Windows_NT" if "Windows_NT" == "WINNT" if not "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_45" == "" goto OkJHome if exist "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\bin\java.exe" goto chkMHome if not "" == "" goto valMHome if "Windows_NT" == "Windows_NT" SET "M2_HOME=D:\apache-maven-3.1.1\bin\.." if "Windows_NT" == "WINNT" SET "M2_HOME=D:\apache-maven-3.1.1\bin\.." if not "D:\apache-maven-3.1.1\bin\.." == "" goto valMHome if not "_." == "_\" goto checkMBat if exist "D:\apache-maven-3.1.1\bin\..\bin\mvn.bat" goto init if "Windows_NT" == "WINNT" goto WinNTNovell if NOT "Windows_NT" == "Windows_NT" goto Win9xArg if "@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NTArgs set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=-v goto endInit SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\bin\java.exe" if "@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NTCWJars for %i in ("D:\apache-maven-3.1.1\bin\.."\boot\plexus-classworlds-*) do set CLASSWORLDS_JAR="%i" set CLASSWORLDS_JAR="D:\apache-maven-3.1.1\bin\..\boot\plexus-classworlds-2.5.1.jar" goto runm2 set CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\bin\java.exe" -classpath "D:\apache-maven-3.1.1\bin\..\boot\plexus-classworlds-2.5.1.jar" "-Dclassworlds.conf=D:\apache-maven-3.1.1\bin\..\bin\m2.conf" "-Dmaven.home=D:\apache-maven-3.1.1\bin\.." org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher -v Access denied. if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error if "Windows_NT" == "Windows_NT" if "Windows_NT" == "WINNT" set ERROR_CODE=1 if "Windows_NT" == "Windows_NT" goto endNT if not "" == "" goto skipRcPost if exist "<my_user_base_path>\mavenrc_post.bat" call "<my_user_base_path>\mavenrc_post.bat" if "" == "on" pause if "" == "on" exit 1 cmd /C exit /B 1 *Manuel Mastrofini* *Sistemi e Processi, Direttore di Divisione* www.infoone.it *Sede operativa*: Via Vicinale dei Colli 22, 00040 Rocca di Papa (RM) *Contatto diretto: +39 328 88 95 334 <%2B39%20328%2088%2095%20334>* On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:17 PM, Barrie Treloar <baerr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 29 January 2014 08:26, Manuel Mastrofini > <manuel.mastrof...@infoone.it> wrote: > > Thank you for your contribution. > > > > The failing line is: > > > > .shared.domain."C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\bin\java.exe" > > -classpath > > "D:\apache-maven-3.1.1\bin\..\boot\plexus-classworlds-2.5.1.jar" > > "-Dclassworlds.conf=D:\apache-maven-3.1.1\bin\..\bin\m2.conf" > > "-Dmaven.home=D:\apache-maven-3.1.1\bin\.." > > org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher -v > > > > It is immediately after .shared.domain.set > > CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher > > > > Manuel > > Manuel, it is very difficult to help you trouble shoot because you are > not providing enough information. > Wayne has tried to coax this information out of you but you have not > answered all his questions, and when you do you will need to paste in > the results from the computer rather than paraphrasing as we need the > actual error messages/debug information to learn more. > > Have a look at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html in > general, and specifically the "Be precise and informative about your > problem" section. > > Go through the emails again and make sure you have answered Wayne's > questions and provided enough details in the answers and we will > probably have more luck in helping you out. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >