title: Getting Flutter doctor to work
body: <p>How do I get <code>flutter doctor</code> on my Windows 10 laptop to work, please?
  <a href="https://flutter.io/setup-windows/#clone-the-repo" rel="nofollow noreferrer">I followed the guidelines here</a>,</p>
  
  <p>Used git to clone the flutter repository,</p>
  
  <p><code>git clone -b alpha https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git</code>,</p>
  
  <p>Tried adding <code>"C:\Users\&lt;user&gt;\flutter\bin"</code> to my path in the Control Panel
  and then in an Admin Powershell, tried executing <code>flutter doctor</code>.</p>
  
  <p>At first, it just hung.
  After googling for help, I tried deleting the contents of the
  <code>C:\Users\&lt;user&gt;\flutter\bin\cache folder</code> and re-executing <code>flutter doctor</code> but to no avail.
  Then, I tried deleting all of flutter and cloning again but <code>flutter doctor</code> just hung again but with, <code>Updating flutter tool</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Tried a few different Googled PATH-adding ideas (that seems to be a complex and disputed area.)
  Got a new message: <code>Waiting for another flutter command to release the startuplock</code></p>
  
  <p>The latest state is that <code>flutter doctor</code> still just hangs but without any message.
  I suspect the problem lies in the new Path not being properly recognised (in the registers??)
  Can anyone help please?</p>