Heroku create command fails - no such file or directory - heroku-toolbelt

Question

I am trying to deploy my first rails application to heroku, and unfortunately I am getting an error when running the heroku create command:
# C:\railsprojects\sample_app> heroku create
The system cannot find the path specified.
Creating protected-reaches-1026... done, stack is cedar
http://protected-reaches-1026.herokuapp.com/ | git#heroku.com:protected-reaches-1026.git
! Heroku client internal error.
! Search for help at: https://help.heroku.com
! Or report a bug at: https://github.com/heroku/heroku/issues/new
Error: No such file or directory - git --version (Errno::ENOENT)
Backtrace: C:/Users/paul/.heroku/client/lib/heroku/helpers.rb:103:in ``'
C:/Users/paul/.heroku/client/lib/heroku/helpers.rb:103:in `has_git?'
C:/Users/paul/.heroku/client/lib/heroku/helpers.rb:108:in `git'
C:/Users/paul/.heroku/client/lib/heroku/helpers.rb:156:in `create_git_remote'
C:/Users/paul/.heroku/client/lib/heroku/command/apps.rb:255:in `create'
C:/Users/paul/.heroku/client/lib/heroku/command.rb:206:in `run'
C:/Users/paul/.heroku/client/lib/heroku/cli.rb:28:in `start'
C:/Program Files (x86)/Heroku/bin/heroku:29:in `<main>'
Command: heroku create
Version: heroku/toolbelt/2.39.4 (i386-mingw32) ruby/1.9.3
My initial thought is that GIT is not in the path or otherwise cannot be called, but I eliminated that as part of the problem by simply running git --version:
# C:\railsprojects\sample_app> git --version
git version 1.8.3.msysgit.0
So, everything seems to be in order. Anyone else know what could be going wrong?
I am running Windows 7, and the version of the Heroku client is heroku/toolbelt/2.39.4 (i386-mingw32) ruby/1.9.3.

Answer 1

shouldn't you give the name of the application you want to create. Like heroku create application_name. That is what says in this link.