# Error: Deploy failed: {"code":"EPERM","message":"EPERM: operation not permitted, open 'C:\\\\v'"}

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-deploy-failed-code-eperm-message-eperm-operation-not-permitted-open-c-v/27712>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [3 June 2020 12:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-deploy-failed-code-eperm-message-eperm-operation-not-permitted-open-c-v/27712 "2020-06-03T12:48:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Cheese](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Cheese)\
**Post date:** [3 June 2020 12:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-deploy-failed-code-eperm-message-eperm-operation-not-permitted-open-c-v/27712/1 "2020-06-03T12:48:03Z")

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Hi all,

I have 2 issues that appeared with my Node-red today. After 12 months of flawlessly working, I'm suddenly getting 2 issues.

1. When I open the UI, all of the flows are missing and only a single new default view is displayed.
2. When I try to deploy a new flow, I get this error: **Deploy failed: {"code":"EPERM","message":"EPERM: operation not permitted, open 'C:\v'"}**

All this happened after I changed my wifi router today. There were multiple connect, disconnect, IP change and change back again events. I now have the PC back to the original IP, and host name never changed. I can see the flows files are still in the original folder and no new flow files are created.

This is running on a Windows PC.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [3 June 2020 13:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-deploy-failed-code-eperm-message-eperm-operation-not-permitted-open-c-v/27712/2 "2020-06-03T13:35:47Z")

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Run node-red from a terminal to get the startup log (don't know how you do that in Windows but hopefully you do). On linux it would be `node-red-start` preceeded by `node-red-stop` if it was already running. That will show you where it is loading its settings and flows file from. I suspect you will find it is opening the wrong flows file.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [2 August 2020 13:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-deploy-failed-code-eperm-message-eperm-operation-not-permitted-open-c-v/27712/3 "2020-08-02T13:43:52Z")

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