# New install of Workbench on new Win 11 PC won't local compile simple sketch **URL:** \ **Category:** Particle Workbench\ **Created:** [October 24, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/new-install-of-workbench-on-new-win-11-pc-wont-local-compile-simple-sketch/63373 "2022-10-24T19:20:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![m\_m](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/m_m/32/18365_2.png) [@m\_m](https://community.particle.io/u/m_m)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/new-install-of-workbench-on-new-win-11-pc-wont-local-compile-simple-sketch/63373/2 "2022-10-24T19:23:14Z")
> My user folder is C:/Users/Mark Kiehl/ sadly, spaces within file paths are not supported due to limitations in the underlying `make` build system: > [@\[issue\] spaces in project path cause build errors (was: Workbench Build Errors)](https://community.particle.io/t/issue-spaces-in-project-path-cause-build-errors-was-workbench-build-errors/48767/8): > > is this the actual location of your project? “location”: “/home/john/Projects for ParticleIO/WorkbenchWorkspaceLocal/BLINKERLOCAL2” if so, we don’t support spaces in file paths since the underlying make system does not handle them well (if at all) - see: this would explain the error(s) you are seeing - e.g: recipe for targetParticleIO/WorkbenchWorkspaceLocal/BLINKERLOCAL2/target//Projects’ …/…/…/build/module.mk:235: target for' given more than once in the same rule. just to confirm, can … --- _[View the full topic](https://community.particle.io/t/new-install-of-workbench-on-new-win-11-pc-wont-local-compile-simple-sketch/63373)._