CLI trouble on Windows 10

mattm
HOBBY

2 years ago

I have new Windows 10 machine that seems to be blocking me from using the Railway CLI.
This works on my older machine.

I am using a DOS window that was opened with "Run As Administrator".
Please help:

C:\Users\MDM0819\git>railway login

Open the browser? Yes
Logged in as me2Tech (matt@me2tech.us)

C:\Users\MDM0819\git>railway up
Indexed Compressed [====================] 100% Access is denied. (os error 5)

C:\Users\MDM0819\git>

8 Replies

2 years ago

Are you in the root directory of your project when you run railway up ?


mattm
HOBBY

2 years ago

Yes.


mattm
HOBBY

2 years ago

I just moved my project to a subfolder of the git folder (for better organization) but the same error still happens.
I will say that if I try to do railway up while my IDE (Intelli-J) is open, I get this slightly different error (in case it gives a clue):

C:\Users\MDM0819\git[dbME.app](dbME.app)>railway login

Open the browser? Yes
Logged in as me2Tech (matt@me2tech.us)

C:\Users\MDM0819\git[dbME.app](dbME.app)>railway up
Indexed Compressed [====================] 100% The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file. (os error 33)

When I close my IDE and do it again I get the orginal error that I reported.


2 years ago

How did you install the Railway CLI?


mattm
HOBBY

2 years ago

I downloaded and ran the pre-built binary named:

railway-v3.5.2-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip


mattm
HOBBY

2 years ago

I also added the folder it sits in, to my PATH env variable so I can invoke it from anywhere on the system.


mattm
HOBBY

2 years ago

C:\Users\MDM0819\railway>dir
Volume in drive C is OS
Volume Serial Number is D064-3727

Directory of C:\Users\MDM0819\railway

12/13/2023 11:28 PM . 12/13/2023 11:28 PM .. 12/13/2023 11:22 PM 11,264,512 railway.exe


mattm
HOBBY

2 years ago

So I got it working.. I tried several things all at once so I'm not sure which one fixed it but I:

  • re-downloaded the binary and replaced the file I had with the freshly downloaded one (exact same size so maybe was not the solution)

  • deleted the hidden .railway folder to wipe any settings

  • started over from the "top" with using the CLI

Then it worked fine.
Thanks to all who lended a hand.

Matt M.