From fd0f475aaf83ac6df1d9c1b138e2bfe6e22f13ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: home-MSI <130823924+WhizZest@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 13:46:16 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix the issue of `pip install 'setuptools<70'` failing in
 cmd; cmd doesn't support single quotes.

---
 modules/launch_utils.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/launch_utils.py b/modules/launch_utils.py
index e1afeb3ec..804b80205 100644
--- a/modules/launch_utils.py
+++ b/modules/launch_utils.py
@@ -431,10 +431,10 @@ def prepare_environment():
         try:
             setuptools_version = run(f'"{python}" -c "import setuptools; print(setuptools.__version__)"', None, None).strip()
             if setuptools_version >= "70":
-                run_pip("install 'setuptools<70'", "setuptools")
+                run_pip("install setuptools==69.5.1", "setuptools")
         except Exception:
             # If setuptools check fails, install compatible version
-            run_pip("install 'setuptools<70'", "setuptools")
+            run_pip("install setuptools==69.5.1", "setuptools")
     # Install build dependencies early
     ensure_build_dependencies()