I followed the following wizard in RStudio:
1) `New Project`
2) `New Directory`
3) `Quarto book`
4) typed in the directory name
Create project as subdirectory of: [on a local drive] D:/directoryname
5) select "use renv with this project"
6) click `Create Project`

I got this: 
'C:/Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
jjallaire
2022-08-30T04:16:22Z
linlennypinawa
bug upstream
v1.2
closed
problem with creation of quarto book in RStudio IDE
https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/2208