JAVA: Runtime.getRuntime().exec() The system cannot find the file specified

Asked Mar 26 '15 at 14:39

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I have an exe file: "TVRRun.exe" that is located in the directory: "C:\Program Files (x86)\TeleVantage\Client\Reporter".

I'm trying to run that exe file from java code:

public static void runTVRRun() throws IOException {
    String path = System.getenv("programfiles(x86)") + "\\TeleVantage\\Client\\Reporter\\";
    String[] command = {"TVRRun.exe", "-S", templatePath, "-S", tmpReportPath};
    Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command, null, new File(path));
}

but I get the following error:

Exception in thread "main" java.io.IOException: 
Cannot run program "TVRRun.exe" (in directory "C:\Program Files (x86)\TeleVantage\Client\Reporter"): 
CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified

I've tried all variations of the exec function, and also ProcessBuilder, but the same error appears.

asked Mar 26 '15 at 14:39

user3723314

check the env variable I think you put space between `Files (x86)` – singhakash Mar 26 '15 at 14:58
That's not the problem. if I copy the location from the error, the file runs. I even created a bat file that runs the exe file. by running the bat file manually, it runs, running the bat from java, the bat runs, but the exe doesn't. – user3723314 Mar 26 '15 at 15:00
where is the name of the file in path – singhakash Mar 26 '15 at 15:09
The file is: TVRRun.exe – user3723314 Mar 26 '15 at 15:11
no I am saying you are creating instace of File without specifying the name of the file you only specified path so try with `String path = System.getenv("programfiles(x86)") + "\\TeleVantage\\Client\\Reporter\\TVRRun.exe";` – singhakash Mar 26 '15 at 15:14
I've tried that too, same error. – user3723314 Mar 26 '15 at 16:06
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19621838/createprocess-error-2-the-system-cannot-find-the-file-specified this solves it – shubham gupta Oct 04 '18 at 18:05

JAVA: Runtime.getRuntime().exec() The system cannot find the file specified

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