Android "SetupAndroid.bat" keeps giving this error "was unexpected at this time." UE 4-26

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I’m at a complete loss here, I’m trying to setup Android Development and have tried 4 different methods even followed the Unreal Engine guide but every time I run the SetupAndroid.bat to install the NDK I get this error

C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_4.26\Engine\Extras\Android>SetupAndroid.bat
Android Studio Path: C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio
Android Studio SDK Path: C:\Users\depre\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk
\Microsoft was unexpected at this time.

If anyone could shed some light onto what’s going on I would appreciate it.

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I didn’t figure this out but I got it working without it anyway.

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This happens because you have bracket symbols in user paths and whoever wrote this batch script didn’t thought of that.

Can be fixed by editing SetupAndroid.bat and wrapping %USERPATH% in quotes on line 56:

	echo Current user path: "%USERPATH%"

Second problem you may encounter is SetupAndroid.bat unable to locate sdkmanager.bat even if it actually exists in <SDKPath>\cmdline-tools\latest\bin\sdkmanager.bat
In this case you need to add this line at the beginning (next line after after @echo off):

setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

and replace % with ! on lines 67 and 68:

	IF EXIST "!SDKMANAGER!" (
		echo Using sdkmanager: !SDKMANAGER!
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Thanks, I was running this on Windows 11 at the time. I’m not sure if it still has the same issue but I re-installed Windows 10 and it worked just fine. Thanks again for the response, If I come across this issue again I’ll be sure to give this a shot.

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these are already set up like this in the .bat I have, why else might this be the issue

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Thank you so much. I wouldn’t have figured this out without you!

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did you ever figure this out? I just ran into the same issue

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you could try why this guy suggests here, video is in gernman so put on subs
Tutorial for Unreal Engine 5: Develop and install Virtual Reality App for the Oculus/Meta Quest (2) - Platform & Builds / XR Development - Unreal Engine Forums

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Wrapping %USERPATH" in quotes on line 56 fixed the issue for me, thanks a bunch @grinchfox

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This helped massively, thank you!

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Thank you so much