Perforce Windows plugin not working?

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genxgeek picture genxgeek · Nov 20, 2011 · Viewed 11.1k times · Source

Given: - Installed 64bit Windows perforce plugin - My workspace root: "c:\source" - Set "Add workspace root" from plugin preferences - Right click on file in "c:\source\project1" select check out - No status icons visible (checked in/out/, out of date, etc,)

Error: Client '' unknown - use 'client' command to create it.

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Trismegistos picture Trismegistos · Apr 25, 2013

Set environmental variable P4CLIENT to your workspace name. Your workspace name is stored in p4 visual client under Connection->Edit Current Workspace

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