# File lister: problem "File could not be accessed"

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/file-lister-problem-file-could-not-be-accessed/37579>\
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**Created:** [16 December 2020 13:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/file-lister-problem-file-could-not-be-accessed/37579 "2020-12-16T13:55:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [16 December 2020 16:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/file-lister-problem-file-could-not-be-accessed/37579/3 "2020-12-16T16:48:02Z")

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The flow you provided only contains an `inject` node. You must select all the nodes inorder for someone to see what you are doing.

Also before attaching a flow, please read this post:

> [@How to share code or flow json](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-share-code-or-flow-json/506):
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> To share code samples or flow json in this forum, you need to take care to format it properly so that it is displayed correctly. The easiest way to do that is to click the 'Preformatted Text' button in the toolbar: [image] Then paste in your code or flow json. You should end up with three back-tick characters - ``` - on their own line before and after the code. On standard US English keyboards, this is on the same key as the ~ character. Using the backticks will ens…

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