Setup - ESP-IDF Tools 2.0 Installer for WIndows. IDF_TOOLS_PATH cant be changed once set from previous install. (IDFGH-1544)

[dlafont]

When using the new installer for ESP-IDF Tools 2.0 for Windows 10. If you have set the ESP-IDF Tools installations folder incorrectly you can no longer change it to some other location in subsequent install attempts.

The first time you install it asks "Select Destination Locations" and "Where should the ESP-IDF Tools be installed?". After the first install attempt, it no longer asks you and uses the prior default location from the last install without giving you the option of changing even if it is wrong.

You can never change the location again even if it is incorrect.

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Environment

• Development Kit: [ESP32-Wrover-Kit|ESP32-DevKitC|ESP32-PICO-Kit|ESP32-LyraT|ESP32-LyraTD-MSC|none]
• Kit version (for WroverKit/PicoKit/DevKitC): [v1|v2|v3|v4]
• Module or chip used: [ESP32-WROOM-32|ESP32-WROOM-32D|ESP32-WROOM-32U|ESP32-WROVER|ESP32-WROVER-I|ESP32-WROVER-B|ESP32-WROVER-IB|ESP32-SOLO-1|ESP32-PICO-D4|ESP32]
• IDF version (run git describe --tags to find it):
  // v3.2-dev-1148-g96cd3b75c
• Build System: [Make|CMake]
• Compiler version (run xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc --version to find it):
  // 1.22.0-80-g6c4433a
• Operating System: [Windows|Linux|macOS]
• Power Supply: [USB|external 5V|external 3.3V|Battery]

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[igrr]

@dlafont To change the IDF_TOOLS_PATH, please go to "Add or remove programs" in Settings, and uninstall "ESP-IDF Tools 2.0". Then install again, the option to choose the installation path will become available.

[szroland]

Unfortunately uninstall also doesn't work in this case, because Windows does not find the unins000.exe. In my case, my username has a space in it, which prevented the installer from working, but now it is impossible to uninstall either and the setting for the wrong directory is remembered and a cannot be overwritten.