Detect permissions issues running flutter on Windows (#17975)
* Detect permissions issues running flutter on Windows
Fixes #17972.
diff --git a/bin/flutter.bat b/bin/flutter.bat
index 0c8c7c0..4a2ba0c 100644
--- a/bin/flutter.bat
+++ b/bin/flutter.bat
@@ -47,6 +47,18 @@
REM Ensure that bin/cache exists.
IF NOT EXIST "%cache_dir%" MKDIR "%cache_dir%"
+REM If the cache still doesn't exist, fail with an error that we probably don't have permissions.
+IF NOT EXIST "%cache_dir%" (
+ ECHO Error: Unable to create cache directory at
+ ECHO %cache_dir%
+ ECHO.
+ ECHO This may be because flutter doesn't have write permissions for
+ ECHO this path. Try moving the flutter directory to a writable location,
+ ECHO such as within your home directory.
+ EXIT /B 1
+)
+
+
REM To debug the tool, you can uncomment the following lines to enable checked mode and set an observatory port:
REM SET FLUTTER_TOOL_ARGS="--checked %FLUTTER_TOOL_ARGS%"
REM SET FLUTTER_TOOL_ARGS="%FLUTTER_TOOL_ARGS% --observe=65432"