gcloud not recognized as an internal or external command on Windows

Question

I am installing Google App Engine under Windows (not using Cygwin). After running the bat script, I closed and reopened the cmd.exe and entered inside the google-cloud-sdk directory. When I ran the command gcloud auth login, I'm getting the error:

'gcloud' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. 

Answer 1

Me too had the same issue that

'gcloud is not recognized as an internal or external command' .

For windows 7 user goto: MyComputer->Right Click - Properties -> Advanced System Settings - advanced - Environment Variables.

First have to set path extension.

This can be done by:

Under System variables in Environment variables choose PATHEXT->Edit -> Add ' ;.PY'.....PY for Python Support

Second change the environment variable:

Under System variables in Environment variables choose PATH->Edit-> ADD "C:\Program Files\Google\Cloud SDK\google-cloud-sdk\bin " and click OK.

Now restart the command shell and check with the following command :

'gcloud -h' 

Sure it will work.