[Bug]: Can't open file 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\launch.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

[Lukas-Vasionis]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues and checked the recent builds/commits

What happened?

Tried to open webui-user.bat and the cmd window poped-up for a moment and closed.
In webui.bat file I added replaced @echo off torem @echo off to see what could be the problem.
The result of opening the webui.bat is stated in console log section.

Steps to reproduce the problem

1. Cloned the master branch
2. Pasted my model to the models/Stable-diffusion
3. Installed python 3,10
4. Executed the webui-user.bat file [failed to open]
5. Editted first line of webui.bat and rewrote it as: rem @echo off

What should have happened?

The webui-user.bat file should have stayed open

Commit where the problem happens

22bcc7b

What platforms do you use to access the UI ?

Windows

What browsers do you use to access the UI ?

Brave

Command Line Arguments

No

List of extensions

No

Console logs

C:\Windows\System32>rem @echo off

C:\Windows\System32>if not defined PYTHON (set PYTHON=python )

C:\Windows\System32>if not defined VENV_DIR (set "VENV_DIR=C:\Program Files\Stable_Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\venv" )

C:\Windows\System32>set ERROR_REPORTING=FALSE

C:\Windows\System32>mkdir tmp  2>NUL

C:\Windows\System32>python -c ""  1>tmp/stdout.txt 2>tmp/stderr.txt

C:\Windows\System32>if 0 == 0 goto :check_pip

C:\Windows\System32>python -mpip --help  1>tmp/stdout.txt 2>tmp/stderr.txt

C:\Windows\System32>if 0 == 0 goto :start_venv

C:\Windows\System32>if ["C:\Program Files\Stable_Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\venv"] == ["-"] goto :skip_venv

C:\Windows\System32>if [""] == ["1"] goto :skip_venv

C:\Windows\System32>dir "C:\Program Files\Stable_Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\venv\Scripts\Python.exe"  1>tmp/stdout.txt 2>tmp/stderr.txt

C:\Windows\System32>if 1 == 0 goto :activate_venv

C:\Windows\System32>for /F "delims=" %i in ('CALL python -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)"') do set PYTHON_FULLNAME="%i"

C:\Windows\System32>set PYTHON_FULLNAME="C:\Users\lvasi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe"

C:\Windows\System32>echo Creating venv in directory C:\Program Files\Stable_Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\venv using python "C:\Users\lvasi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe"
Creating venv in directory C:\Program Files\Stable_Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\venv using python "C:\Users\lvasi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe"

C:\Windows\System32>"C:\Users\lvasi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe" -m venv "C:\Program Files\Stable_Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\venv"  1>tmp/stdout.txt 2>tmp/stderr.txt

C:\Windows\System32>if 0 == 0 goto :activate_venv

C:\Windows\System32>set PYTHON="C:\Program Files\Stable_Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\venv\Scripts\Python.exe"

C:\Windows\System32>echo venv "C:\Program Files\Stable_Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\venv\Scripts\Python.exe"
venv "C:\Program Files\Stable_Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\venv\Scripts\Python.exe"

C:\Windows\System32>if [] == ["True"] goto :accelerate

C:\Windows\System32>goto :launch

C:\Windows\System32>"C:\Program Files\Stable_Diffusion\stable-diffusion-webui\venv\Scripts\Python.exe" launch.py
C:\Users\lvasi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe: can't open file 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\launch.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

C:\Windows\System32>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

Additional information

No response

[LQYHYQ]

Because launch.py is not in "C:\Windows\System32"

[Lukas-Vasionis]

NO, really?!?! :ooo
On the other hand, I tried it - returns: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'modules'.
Looks like the problem is with paths. Any other idea how to fix it?

[QIUKU233]

i solve it by not lunched by administratoruser, i just ran by non-administrator, it was work for me. ^-^

[GordonPman]

I had the same issue. A while back I did read that Stable Diffusion doesn't like Blanks in the Folder Structure. I also did put it into the folder c:\program files\StableDiffusion... . This is really nasty for users who have another language set in windows instead of english. So e.g. if you did set it to german it might show the folder structure as c:\programme\StableDiffusion... even though it is internally processing as c:\program files\StableDiffusion... .

So what helped for me is to make sure Stable Diffusion in a folder structure without any blanks:
e.g. c:\programs\StableDiffusion...

I hope this helps.

P.S.: Don't run it as administrator then, otherwise you might run into the issue described by QIUKU233.

[HLF217]

i solve it by not lunched by administratoruser, i just ran by non-administrator, it was work for me. ^-^

it really works, great

[Zincz12]

I had the same issue. A while back I did read that Stable Diffusion doesn't like Blanks in the Folder Structure. I also did put it into the folder c:\program files\StableDiffusion... . This is really nasty for users who have another language set in windows instead of english. So e.g. if you did set it to german it might show the folder structure as c:\programme\StableDiffusion... even though it is internally processing as c:\program files\StableDiffusion... .

So what helped for me is to make sure Stable Diffusion in a folder structure without any blanks: e.g. c:\programs\StableDiffusion...

I hope this helps.

P.S.: Don't run it as administrator then, otherwise you might run into the issue described by QIUKU233.

this fix the error for me

[akx]

Glad you found workarounds.

[ximeng123]

i solve it by not lunched by administratoruser, i just ran by non-administrator, it was work for me. ^-^

it works.

[inikishev]

why the hell is it in system32

[VladimirTrue]

Try using PowerShell to run webui.bat. Through the standard cmd, I was getting the same error. At the same time, it is important that git is installed.

1. clone the project
2. open the PowerShell directory
3. Execute .\webui.bat

[Zakrev]

Adding cd to webui.bat fixes this problem for me

:launch
cd /d %~dp0%
%PYTHON% launch.py %*