I've been happily rendering quarto documents in VS code using the 'render' button. Then the next day I get the error (ignore the xxxx in place of my username):

Uni : The term 'Uni' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the       
name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:50
   cmd /C"quarto preview "c:\Users\xxxx\Dropbox (Uni of Auckland)\Qui ...
                                                    ~~~
      CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Uni:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
      FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Seems to be a problem with the path or the whitespace and there are many questions on stack referencing the same issue using different software that have not helped me:

• The term '' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file

• The term 'go' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program

• go : The term 'go' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program

• The term 'appcmd' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet

It renders just fine if I run the command quarto render .\example.qmd. Or if I move the working directory to my Desktop then the render button works again. I cannot change the name of the dropbox because it is institutionally managed. No idea what changed overnight... I would quite like to get the function of using the render button back.

Any ideas? Thanks Stack community!

CodePudding user response：

The issue is that the double quotes are nested. There's one set of double quotes for the command passed to cmd /C, and another set for the file path.

Try change your default terminal to something other than cmd /C. Here's how you can change your terminal - https://www.shanebart.com/set-default-vscode-terminal/