Error: unable to find zig installation directory: FileNotFound [Windows]

[tacit frigate]

Been trying to resolve this for a while now, Have a simple hello world .zig file and can't get it to compile using zig build-exe testing.zig, throws the error above (title)

I've added zig to my window's env variables C:\Users\jan\Downloads\zig-windows-x86_64-0.13.0-dev.46+3648d7df1

And the file dir at the location looks like

Directory: C:\Users\jan\Downloads\zig-windows-x86_64-0.13.0-dev.46+3648d7df1


Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
d-----        2024-05-03   2:21 PM                doc
d-----        2024-05-03   2:21 PM                lib
-a----        2024-05-03   2:21 PM           1080 LICENSE
-a----        2024-05-03   2:21 PM           5448 README.md
-a----        2024-05-03   2:21 PM      155551232 zig.exe

I simply downloaded the .zip for my system and extracted it and added to env variables

[formal spoke]

try deleting zig-cache, it could also be your antivirus (just realized its not a build.zig program)

[tacit frigate]

hmm is there a way to check if it is caused by the antivirus?

I don't know how to test that

[formal spoke]

try looking at the detection history

[tacit frigate]

seems this is all I got

[formal spoke]

is it possible the zig youre calling on the command line isnt the zig in your downloads folder? 😅 thats probably my last guess

where zig

[boreal mauve]

maybe try zig version manager too

https://github.com/tristanisham/zvm

[tacit frigate]

yeah running this doesn't give me any output

[tacit frigate]

Will look into it

[formal spoke]

huh, maybe restart your terminal if you havent already? 😅 but yeah zvm should be a lot easier

[tacit frigate]

Works great now with zvm

thank you both for the help