KB83412: Web SDK: Eclipse IDE for Java Developers shows "not a valid application root" after applying the Web root folder in the Application root

Description

This article concerns the installation steps described here .
When deploying the Web Customization Editor (WCE)  with Eclipse-IDE-for-Java-Developer,  there is a step where the user has to choose the web root folder as the Application root of Eclipse. 
When this root folder contains white space (for example, C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0\webapps\MicroStrategy\WEB-INF\), Eclipse deletes the backslashes and tries to find the root application in a non-existent path. For example:

'C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesStrategyTomcatapache-tomcat-8.0.30webappsStrategy ' is not a valid application root".

Why is this happening?

Eclipse interprets white space as a replacement character. As a result, it makes an invalid path.
 

Solution

Move the Web root application to a file path that will not contain any white space. 
 

Before

The web application is located in a path that resembles: 
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\MicroStrategy\Tomcat\apache-tomcat-9.0.12\webapps

After

Move the Strategy application folder to a place that does not contain any white space, such as C:\

After moving the file, you can complete the steps listed in the installation guide .