# CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is too long

**URL:** https://discuss.gradle.org/t/createprocess-error-206-the-filename-or-extension-is-too-long/35784
**Category:** Help/Discuss
**Created:** [April 22, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/createprocess-error-206-the-filename-or-extension-is-too-long/35784 "2020-04-22T05:04:10Z")
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### Author: ![Venkat1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/2acd7d/32.png) [@Venkat1](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Venkat1)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/createprocess-error-206-the-filename-or-extension-is-too-long/35784/1 "2020-04-22T05:04:10Z")

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To solve this issue, community plug in doesn’t helped me.

Is there any solution to fix this issue, due to this I can not able to build application. I’m using jdk 1.8 and gradle 4.4.1

Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program “C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0\_241\jre\bin\java.exe” CreateProcess error=206, The filename or extension is too long  
at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1048)

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### Author: ![Schalk\_Cronje](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/schalk_cronje/32/6511_2.png) [@Schalk\_Cronje](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Schalk_Cronje)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/createprocess-error-206-the-filename-or-extension-is-too-long/35784/2 "2020-04-22T21:39:10Z")

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With that version of Gradle you need to build a pathingJar. Here’s a link on how to do it [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5434482/how-can-i-create-a-pathing-jar-in-gradle](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5434482/how-can-i-create-a-pathing-jar-in-gradle)

If you upgradle to 6.0 then the issue will be fixed for you [https://docs.gradle.org/6.0/release-notes.html#usability-improvements](https://docs.gradle.org/6.0/release-notes.html#usability-improvements)

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### Author: ![const-cronemberger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/const-cronemberger/32/8862_2.png) [@const-cronemberger](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/const-cronemberger)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/createprocess-error-206-the-filename-or-extension-is-too-long/35784/3 "2020-10-15T10:28:25Z")

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Use of the com.github.ManifestClasspath fixed the issue for me:

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40037487/the-filename-or-extension-is-too-long-error-using-gradle/55589825#55589825>

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### Author: ![monax\_111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@monax\_111](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/monax_111)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/createprocess-error-206-the-filename-or-extension-is-too-long/35784/4 "2020-12-04T14:27:11Z")

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Hi, i use gradle 6.1.1 and now i see error

Execution failed for task ‘:project:kaptGenerateStubsKotlin’  
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program “C:\Program Files\java\jdk-11.0.9.1+1\bin\java”: CreateProcess error=206 The filename or extension is too long

it happens if i try to add my custom plugin.  
How can i solve this problem? may be i can debug it and see long path?  
[debug.xml](https://discuss.gradle.org/uploads/short-url/rDZ4Q48nKIYk9NnLWJeghZq19WG.xml) (1.0 MB)

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### Author: ![jamil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@jamil](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/jamil)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/createprocess-error-206-the-filename-or-extension-is-too-long/35784/5 "2021-06-26T19:30:38Z")

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Hey, had the same error. I’m using gradle 5.3  
Just solved the error by updating my intellij to version 2021.1.2.