‘ant’ is not recognized as an internal or external command

Question

I have the same issue as this user: ant - not recognized as an internal

however unfortunately none of the solutions have worked for me in that post or any other. I've also looked at other commands not recognized and specifically adding a path variable. The procedure I am using is as follows:

Extract to a desired installation directory, e.g. C:\apache-ant Create an ANT_HOME environment variable`  Open System Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables Create a new system variable     Variable name: ANT_HOME     Variable value: C:\apache-ant   Add %ANT_HOME%\bin directory to the PATH system variable  Open System Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables Under system variables, select PATH and append ;%ANT_HOME%\bin     e.g. %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%ANT_HOME%\bin  Verify that ANT is installed.  Open a new command window and type: C:\>ant -v` 

In my case the Variable value is C:\apache-ant\apache-ant-1.8.2.

My exact path variable is %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%ANT_HOME%\bin which doesn't have any spaces between semicolons.

However testing the ant installation does not work, the picture below is what I'm experiencing:

I have tried restarting on numerous occasions to no avail. I have run out of ideas, so if anyone has any any information would be helpful. Thanks!

EDIT

Posted results of dir:

Answer 1

ANT_HOME is not being resolved. Change %ANT_HOME%\bin in the Path system environment variable to c:\apache-ant\apache-ant-1.8.2\bin.

Answer 2

I had a similar issue, but the reason that %ANT_HOME% wasn't resolving is that I had added it as a USER variable, not a SYSTEM one. Sorted now, thanks to this post.