For some reason Maven is reading the settings.xml file from the Windows directory instead of from my user directory:
[DEBUG] Reading global settings from c:\apps\java\apache-maven-3.0.4\conf\settings.xml
[DEBUG] Reading user settings from C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\.m2\settings.xml
[DEBUG] Using local repository at C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\.m2\repository
It should be reading the file from c:\User\peter\.m2\settings.xml (yes, that file exists). And it used to read the file from there.
I'm running Windows 7, and I have UAC turned off, so my command prompt is running in administrator mode. When I look at the env vars that are set I see:
So why is Maven not using that information to locate the .m2 directory?
Hmm, I recently (within the last day or two) install JDK 1.6.0_33, could that have anything to do with this? Nope, probably not that - I tried JDK 1.5.0_19 and it still looks at C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\.m2\settings.xml
This is happening on my home desktop. And I admit that it has been a while since I tried a Maven build on that system. I have a Windows 7 and a 2008 SR2 system at work (both with UAC turned off) and they behave properly (finding the file at c:\users\xxx\.m2\settings.xml).
Has anyone else seen this? Any ideas as to why? (For now, I'll move my settings.xml file to the Maven/conf directory...)
That bug report explains it. Most of the folder locations in the given registry location (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders) were pointing to C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile. Must have been something that installed that did this. And actually, Windows 7 doesn't use this registry setting any more, instead it uses HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders. Anyway, I corrected the registry entries ans things are working as they should.
Whoa, this is my 5000th post! Break out the party hats! The next round's on me!
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