# Help me

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/help-me/52220>\
**Category:** Help/Discuss\
**Tags:** android\
**Created:** [September 30, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/help-me/52220 "2026-09-30T10:59:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/help-me/52220/1 "2026-09-30T10:59:06Z")

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Hi freinds i’am new member with you can you help me to build my project

I’m in windows 7 Android studio version **Hedgehog with this configuration**

```kotlin
id("com.android.application") version "8.1.4"
id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android") version "1.9.20"

```

Always when i built my projet i have this message

```plaintext
Failed to compile values resource file ...\merged.dir\values\values.xml.
Cause: java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Illegal char <:> at index 43: -mergeDebugResources-35:/values/values.xml

```