# Windows build fail to find exe file that was just installed

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**Category:** Windows\
**Created:** [August 19, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/windows-build-fail-to-find-exe-file-that-was-just-installed/13225 "2022-08-19T20:15:37Z")\
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I am having trouble to run my CI tests on Windows using travis. One of the failed builds can be found here

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the log shows that octave.portable was successfully installed at `C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\octave.portable\tools` and a shim was also created:

“Added C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\octave.exe shim pointed to ‘…\lib\octave.portable\tools\octave\bin\octave-cli.exe’.”

however, when I call either octave-cli.exe or octave.exe, it complains that “C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\octave.portable\tools\octave\bin\octave-cli.exe” can not be found.

is this a known issue?

thanks