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I'm having problems getting drush to bootstrap my site. My problems are similar to the one at "Drush is not able to bootstrap". I asked this question once and it was put on hold, I guess because someone thought it was vague. Even though it was basically asking the same thing as this other guy.

Anyways, I tried all the suggestions from that link but I still get the same results.

  • I'm running my Drupal 8 site on XAMPP on Windows 7.

  • I'm running my Drush commands through Cygwin from C:\cygwin64

  • root of site is C:\xampp\htdocs\drupal

  • location of settings.php is C:\xampp\htdocs\drupal\sites\default

  • I've added C:\xampp\php and C:\xampp\mysql\bin to my PATH run PHP and MYSQL respectively

  • Contents of my settings.php

    $databases['default']['default'] = array (
  'database' => 'drupal_mydb',
  'username' => 'username',
  'password' => 'password',
  'prefix' => '',
  'host' => '127.0.0.1',
  'port' => '3306',
  'namespace' => 'Drupal\\Core\\Database\\Driver\\mysql',
  'driver' => 'mysql',
);
$settings['install_profile'] = 'standard';
$config_directories['sync'] = 'sites/default/files/config_ePqkB1ApPhBAjWSr1UBiDK8UDSGKZl08abHE6IbgZz15f5BPZZh2o7mTHHzcOMDLqbbLRyrRfg/sync';

  • I've tried host with 'localhost' and '127.0.0.1' and I get the same results.

  • Regardless of the drush command, I always get "The system cannot find the path specified" output 5 times. Then it displays my site settings.

  • When I run drush status -d, I receive this output:

    $ drush status -d
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
Drush could not detect the console window width. Set a Windows       [warning]
Environment Variable of COLUMNS to the desired width. [0.34 sec, 1.85
MB]
The system cannot find the path specified.
Cache HIT cid: 8.0.3-commandfiles-0-6c3f6dd05ff82c3c45e51e89444ebd0d     [debug]
[0.47 sec, 1.9 MB]
The system cannot find the path specified.
Bootstrap to phase 0. [0.9 sec, 5 MB]                                [bootstrap]
Trying to bootstrap as far as we can. [0.91 sec, 5 MB]                   [debug]
Drush bootstrap phase : bootstrap_drupal_root() [0.92 sec, 5.42 MB]  [bootstrap]
The system cannot find the path specified.
Initialized Drupal 8.0.3 root directory at C:\xampp\htdocs\drupal      [bootstrap]
[1.03 sec, 5.42 MB]
Find command files for phase 1 (max=7) [1.04 sec, 3.95 MB]               [debug]
Cache HIT cid: 8.0.3-commandfiles-1-564685775c27b060bd0abf229ff308b6     [debug]
[1.04 sec, 3.96 MB]
Drush bootstrap phase : bootstrap_drupal_site() [1.07 sec, 4.55 MB]  [bootstrap]
Initialized Drupal site default at sites/default [1.07 sec, 4.55 MB] [bootstrap]
The system cannot find the path specified.
Find command files for phase 2 (max=7) [1.18 sec, 4.55 MB]               [debug]
Drush bootstrap phase : bootstrap_drupal_configuration() [1.18 sec,   [bootstrap]
4.55 MB]
Find command files for phase 3 (max=7) [1.19 sec, 4.69 MB]                [debug]
sql-query: SELECT 1; [1.19 sec, 4.77 MB]                                [notice]
Executing: mysql --defaults-extra-file="C:\\cygwin64\\tmp\\druA347.tmp" --database=drupal_eldo --host=127.0.0.1 --port=3306 --silent  < "C:\\cygwin64\\tmp\\druA346.tmp"
The system cannot find the path specified.
1
Bootstrap phase bootstrap_drupal_database() failed to validate;          [debug]
continuing at bootstrap_drupal_configuration(). [1.3 sec, 4.77 MB]
Found command: core-status (commandfile=core) [1.3 sec, 4.77 MB]     [bootstrap]
Loading outputformat engine. [1.44 sec, 6.35 MB]                        [notice]
Calling hook drush_core_status [1.45 sec, 6.38 MB]                       [debug]
Returned from hook drush_core_status [3.32 sec, 6.4 MB]                  [debug]
 Drupal version         :  8.0.3
 Site URI               :  http://default
 Database driver        :  mysql
 Database hostname      :  127.0.0.1
 Database port          :  3306
 Database username      :  eldorado
 Database name          :  drupal_eldo
 PHP executable         :  php.exe
 PHP configuration      :  C:\xampp\php\php.ini
 PHP OS                 :  WINNT
 Drush script           :  C:\cygwin64\usr\local\src\drush-8.0.3\drush.php
 Drush version          :  8.0.3
 Drush temp directory   :  C:\cygwin64\tmp
 Drush configuration    :
 Drush alias files      :
 Drupal root            :  C:\xampp\htdocs\drupal
 Drupal Settings File   :  sites/default/settings.php
 Site path              :  sites/default
 Sync config path       :  sites/default/files/config_ePqkB1ApPhBAjWSr1UBiDK8UD
                       SGKZl08abHE6IbgZz15f5BPZZh2o7mTHHzcOMDLqbbLRyrRfg/sy
                       nc

Any help?

UPDATE This is an update of the message I receive. I have uninstalled XAMPP and deleted all files. I installed Acquia and a new site. I also updated my PATH to reflect the new configuration. I still get the same results.

The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8>drush status -d -d
The system cannot find the path specified.
Drush preflight prepare loaded autoloader at C:\Program Files        [preflight]
(x86)\DevDesktop\drush\vendor\autoload.php [0.12 sec, 1.71 MB]
Starting Drush preflight. [0.12 sec, 1.71 MB]                        [preflight]
Loading drushrc "C:\Program Files                                    [bootstrap]
(x86)\DevDesktop\drush\vendor\drush\drush\drushrc.php" into "drush"
scope. [0.12 sec, 1.72 MB]
The system cannot find the path specified.
Cache HIT cid: 8.0.0-commandfiles-0-83c6f3e1f22ce6b4cd913212f7751c0a     [debug]
[0.26 sec, 1.76 MB]
Scanning into C:\ProgramData/Drush/etc/drush for                     [sitealias]
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [0.38 sec, 3.45 MB]
Scanning into C:\ProgramData/Drush/etc/drush for                     [sitealias]
/self\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [0.38 sec, 3.45 MB]
Scanning into C:\Program Files                                       [sitealias]
(x86)\DevDesktop\drush\vendor\drush\drush\includes/.. for
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [0.38 sec, 3.45 MB]
Scanning into C:\Program Files                                       [sitealias]
(x86)\DevDesktop\drush\vendor\drush\drush\includes/.. for
/self\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [0.59 sec, 3.45 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx/.drush for                            [sitealias]
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [0.78 sec, 3.45 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx/.drush for                            [sitealias]
/self\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [0.78 sec, 3.45 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx/.acquia/DevDesktop/Drush/Aliases for  [sitealias]
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [0.78 sec, 3.46 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx/.acquia/DevDesktop/Drush/Aliases for  [sitealias]
/self\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [0.78 sec, 3.46 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/../drush for [sitealias]
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [0.78 sec, 3.46 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/../drush for [sitealias]
/self\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [0.78 sec, 3.46 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/drush for    [sitealias]
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [0.78 sec, 3.46 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/drush for    [sitealias]
/self\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [0.78 sec, 3.46 MB]
Scanning into                                                        [sitealias]
C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/sites/all/drush for
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [0.78 sec, 3.46 MB]
Scanning into                                                        [sitealias]
C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/sites/all/drush for
/self\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [0.78 sec, 3.46 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/sites/default[sitealias]
for /.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [0.78 sec, 3.46 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/sites/default[sitealias]
for /self\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [0.79 sec, 3.46 MB]
The system cannot find the path specified.
Bootstrap to phase 0. [1.53 sec, 5.26 MB]                            [bootstrap]
Drush bootstrap phase : bootstrap_drupal_root() [1.57 sec, 5.69 MB]  [bootstrap]
The system cannot find the path specified.
Initialized Drupal 8.0.3 root directory at                              [notice]
C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8 [1.68 sec, 5.69 MB]
Find command files for phase 1 (max=7) [1.68 sec, 3.92 MB]               [debug]
Cache HIT cid: 8.0.0-commandfiles-1-e2a2f2754acb6b4934dbe6c8f3c38ac5     [debug]
[1.69 sec, 3.92 MB]
Scanning into C:\ProgramData/Drush/etc/drush for                     [sitealias]
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [1.7 sec, 3.97 MB]
Scanning into C:\ProgramData/Drush/etc/drush for                     [sitealias]
/self\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [1.7 sec, 3.98 MB]
Scanning into C:\Program Files                                       [sitealias]
(x86)\DevDesktop\drush\vendor\drush\drush\includes/.. for
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [1.7 sec, 3.98 MB]
Scanning into C:\Program Files                                       [sitealias]
(x86)\DevDesktop\drush\vendor\drush\drush\includes/.. for
/self\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [1.91 sec, 3.98 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx/.drush for                            [sitealias]
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [2.09 sec, 3.98 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx/.drush for                            [sitealias]
/self\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [2.09 sec, 3.98 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx/.acquia/DevDesktop/Drush/Aliases for  [sitealias]
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [2.09 sec, 3.98 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx/.acquia/DevDesktop/Drush/Aliases for  [sitealias]
/self\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [2.1 sec, 3.98 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/../drush for [sitealias]
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [2.1 sec, 3.98 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/../drush for [sitealias]
/self\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [2.1 sec, 3.98 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/drush for    [sitealias]
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [2.1 sec, 3.98 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/drush for    [sitealias]
/self\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [2.1 sec, 3.98 MB]
Scanning into                                                        [sitealias]
C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/sites/all/drush for
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [2.1 sec, 3.98 MB]
Scanning into                                                        [sitealias]
C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/sites/all/drush for
/self\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [2.1 sec, 3.99 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/sites/default[sitealias]
for /.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [2.1 sec, 3.99 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/sites/default[sitealias]
for /self\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [2.1 sec, 3.99 MB]
Drush bootstrap phase : bootstrap_drupal_site() [2.13 sec, 4.52 MB]  [bootstrap]
Initialized Drupal site default at sites/default [2.13 sec, 4.52 MB]    [notice]
The system cannot find the path specified.
Find command files for phase 2 (max=7) [2.24 sec, 4.52 MB]               [debug]
Drush bootstrap phase : bootstrap_drupal_configuration() [2.24 sec,  [bootstrap]
4.52 MB]
Find command files for phase 3 (max=7) [2.27 sec, 4.67 MB]               [debug]
sql-query: SELECT 1; [2.3 sec, 4.75 MB]                                 [status]
Executing: mysql --defaults-extra-file="C:\\Users\\xxx\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\
abase=drupal8 --host=localhost --port=33067 --silent  < "C:\\Users\\xxx\\AppD
ru4CD2.tmp"
The system cannot find the path specified.
  1
Found command: core-status (commandfile=core) [3.52 sec, 4.75 MB]    [bootstrap]
Loading outputformat engine. [3.93 sec, 6.62 MB]                        [notice]
Calling hook drush_core_status [3.97 sec, 6.65 MB]                       [debug]
Scanning into C:\ProgramData/Drush/etc/drush for                     [sitealias]
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [3.97 sec, 6.66 MB]
Scanning into C:\ProgramData/Drush/etc/drush for                     [sitealias]
/.*\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [3.97 sec, 6.66 MB]
Scanning into C:\Program Files                                       [sitealias]
(x86)\DevDesktop\drush\vendor\drush\drush\includes/.. for
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [3.97 sec, 6.66 MB]
Scanning into C:\Program Files                                       [sitealias]
(x86)\DevDesktop\drush\vendor\drush\drush\includes/.. for
/.*\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.19 sec, 6.66 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx/.drush for                            [sitealias]
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.38 sec, 6.66 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx/.drush for                            [sitealias]
/.*\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.38 sec, 6.66 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx/.acquia/DevDesktop/Drush/Aliases for  [sitealias]
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.38 sec, 6.66 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx/.acquia/DevDesktop/Drush/Aliases for  [sitealias]
/.*\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.38 sec, 6.67 MB]
Scanning into c:\users\xxx\sites\devdesktop\drupal8\drush for    [sitealias]
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.38 sec, 6.67 MB]
Scanning into c:\users\xxx\sites\devdesktop\drupal8\drush for    [sitealias]
/.*\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.38 sec, 6.67 MB]
Scanning into                                                        [sitealias]
c:\users\xxx\sites\devdesktop\drupal8\sites\all\drush for
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.38 sec, 6.67 MB]
Scanning into                                                        [sitealias]
c:\users\xxx\sites\devdesktop\drupal8\sites\all\drush for
/.*\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.38 sec, 6.67 MB]
Scanning into c:\users\xxx\sites\devdesktop\drupal8\sites\default[sitealias]
for /.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.38 sec, 6.67 MB]
Scanning into c:\users\xxx\sites\devdesktop\drupal8\sites\default[sitealias]
for /.*\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.39 sec, 6.67 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/../drush for [sitealias]
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.39 sec, 6.67 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/../drush for [sitealias]
/.*\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.39 sec, 6.67 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/drush for    [sitealias]
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.39 sec, 6.67 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/drush for    [sitealias]
/.*\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.39 sec, 6.67 MB]
Scanning into                                                        [sitealias]
C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/sites/all/drush for
/.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.39 sec, 6.68 MB]
Scanning into                                                        [sitealias]
C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/sites/all/drush for
/.*\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.39 sec, 6.68 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/sites/default[sitealias]
for /.*aliases\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.39 sec, 6.68 MB]
Scanning into C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8/sites/default[sitealias]
for /.*\.alias\.drush(8|)rc\.php$/ [4.4 sec, 6.68 MB]
Returned from hook drush_core_status [4.4 sec, 6.68 MB]                  [debug]
 Drupal version      :  8.0.3
 Site URI            :  http://default
 Database driver     :  mysql
 Database hostname   :  localhost
 Database port       :  33067
 Database username   :  drupaluser
 Database name       :  drupal8
 PHP executable      :  php.exe
 PHP configuration   :  "C:\Program Files (x86)\DevDesktop\php5_5\php.ini"
 PHP OS              :  WINNT
 Drush script        :  C:\Program Files
                        (x86)\DevDesktop\drush\vendor\drush\drush\drush.php
 Drush version       :  8.0.0
 Drush temp          :  C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp
 directory
 Drush               :  "C:\Program Files
 configuration          (x86)\DevDesktop\drush\vendor\drush\drush\drushrc.php"
 Drush alias files   :  C:\Users\xxx/.acquia/DevDesktop/Drush/Aliases/alias
                        es.drushrc.php
 Drupal root         :  C:\Users\xxx\Sites\devdesktop\drupal8
 Site path           :  sites/default
 Sync config path    :  sites/drupal8.dd/files/config__MU_PbJKL0CkmmcMAh-3pssQv
                           pfSqcF9o4_8g3U2BvK9vhbajglchlm0aNTYERfuA69tkkyaGw/sync

Command dispatch complete [4.55 sec, 6.77 MB]                           [notice]

As you can see even before I enter the drush status -d -d command I already receive the "The system cannot find the path specified" error.

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    I got unsure - does Drush work or not? Anyway, "The system cannot find the path specified." means that Windows can't find the command/file that Drush tries to run. It can be because you are missing something in your Cygwin installation or a bug in Drush (when used together with Cygwin). I would add another -d to the command to see if that reveals which command causes the message.
    – hansfn
    Commented Feb 18, 2016 at 21:58
  • Yeah, it looks like Drush is working. However anytime I run any command (even outside of the site root directory) I get "The system cannot find the path specified", followed by some PHP info. For instance from C drive I get this: The system cannot find the path specified. The system cannot find the path specified. The system cannot find the path specified. PHP executable:php.exe PHP configuration:C:\xampp\php\php.ini PHP OS:WINNT Drush script:C:\cygwin64\usr\local\src\drush-8.0.3\drush.php Drush version: 8.0.3 Drush temp directory :C:\cygwin64\tmp Drush configuration Drush alias files
    – chavab_1
    Commented Feb 18, 2016 at 22:43
  • The weird thing is that when I click on the shell button in the XAMPP control panel, the command prompt that appears also shows "The system cannot find the path specified" twice. Followed by "Setting environment for using XAMPP for Windows".
    – chavab_1
    Commented Feb 18, 2016 at 22:48
  • 1
    The last observation indicates strongly that the problem is related to XAMPP - not Drush. Maybe ask in a XAMPP forum? I don't use XAMPP myself anymore. I switched to [ampps.com/](AMPPS) and then to Acquia Dev Desktop where I know Drush works ;-)
    – hansfn
    Commented Feb 19, 2016 at 8:22
  • I did a complete uninstall of XAMPP. I installed Acquia Dev Desktop, per your suggestion, and I followed their instructions step for step. I still get the same results when I run Drush through the Acquia console.
    – chavab_1
    Commented Feb 23, 2016 at 1:44

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