QT Creator 14 started to require Ninja to be in PATH on Windows

[Dmitriano]

When I run QT Creator from the Command Prompt having Ninja in PATH as follows:

>set PATH=%PATH%;C:\dev\tools\ninja-win
>where ninja
C:\dev\tools\ninja-win\ninja.exe
>C:\Qt\qtcreator-14.0.2\bin\qtcreator.exe

I am able to select Ninja generator:

but if Ninja is not in PATH QT Creator does not allow to select Ninja. When I select it from the drop-down list and press "OK" button it is reset to "NMake Makefiles JOM". The same happens if I specify Ninja manually in "profiles.xml".

IMHO, it is a strange behavior, because CMake does not require Ninja to be in PATH and allows to specify its location with DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM:FILEPATH=C:\dev\tools\ninja-win\ninja.exe

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