# On installing ADABAS 6.3 CE for windows:"PATH CANNOT BE SET"

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/on-installing-adabas-6-3-ce-for-windows-path-cannot-be-set/185721>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas, Adabas-Basics-on-Linux-Unix-Windows, Adabas-on-Windows-UNIX, Adabas-on-Linux\
**Created:** [December 15, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/on-installing-adabas-6-3-ce-for-windows-path-cannot-be-set/185721 "2015-12-15T02:06:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![jp11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@jp11](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/jp11)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/on-installing-adabas-6-3-ce-for-windows-path-cannot-be-set/185721/1 "2015-12-15T02:06:00Z")

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On installing ADABAS 6.3 CE for Windows, I got this message “PATH CANNOT BE SET”, and this one when running WORKBENCH “Could not access C:\ProgramData\SoftwareAG\Adabas\etc\ADABAS.INI for Reading and writing”

What can I do for fixing it?

Thanks in advance, JP

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/on-installing-adabas-6-3-ce-for-windows-path-cannot-be-set/185721/2 "2021-04-02T15:34:56Z")

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