error message when trying to verify and upload sketch from downloaded Library

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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cannot run program "C/Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder"( in Directory "."): Create Process error=5, access denied

why do i get this error code?
it occurs for any sketch I try to verify and upload!

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"my dog don't want his food" why?

be more precise and usefull info to help... :wink:

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captstevens:
cannot run program "C/Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder"( in Directory "."): Create Process error=5, access denied

Is that the exact error or did you mistype it? the "C/" part is wrong.

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Hi There,

I have the same problem.

I have been using the Arduino IDE for a few years.. I have not used it for a few months. in returning to it i get the same error message when trying to either compile or upload:-

Cannot run program "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder" (in directory "."): CreateProcess error=5, Access is denied

turning on the verbose debug i also get this:-

C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware" -hardware "C:\Users\Dan.Peabody\Documents\Arduino\hardware"

I thought this was maybe due to an old version (1.6.1) so i updated to the latest 1.6.7.

Still get the same problem.

With the serial port connected to a board the serial port works so im confident the serial comms works.

This occurs regardless of the code im trying to compile. eg it produces the same error even with the stock Blink sketch selected.

I am also running the IDE in administrator mode.

Cheers

Dan

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Hi there,

I have spent a bit of time investigating various causes for this. One forum suggested that all IDEs above version 1.6.5 use the arduino-builder.exe.

see the Arduino github issue:- Error compiling arduino code using newewst arduino IDE · Issue #4251 · arduino/Arduino · GitHub

As suggested in this forum i tried running the arduino-builder.exe from a command prompt

C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder.exe

......access denied was the response.

I was running the 1.6.7 and then the hourly update 1.6.8xxx version as an administrator and had gone into the c:\program files (x86)\Arduino\ folder and made sure i set the security options to allow full control.

I therefore reverted to version 1.6.5 (http://arduino.cc/download.php?f=/arduino-1.6.5-r5-windows.exe)

which doesn't use arduino-builder.exe - Bingo the problem has gone away.

I would like to keep the IDE up to date so is there some other environment variable that needs to be set within windows? or some Java security level modification that will allow operation of the 1.6.7 version??

Cheers

Dan