# Hello, on my freshly installed julia v1.4.1 on Windows 10, when I do \`run(\`echo he

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**Created:** [February 19, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hello-on-my-freshly-installed-julia-v1-4-1-on-windows-10-when-i-do-run-echo-he/55655 "2021-02-19T22:12:05Z")\
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Hello, on my freshly installed julia v1.4.1 on Windows 10, when I do `run(`echo hello`)` I get the following error, any idea what’s wrong ?

```julia
run(`echo hello`)
ERROR: IOError: could not spawn `echo hello`: no such file or directory (ENOENT)
Stacktrace:
 [1] _spawn_primitive(::String, ::Cmd, ::Array{Any,1}) at .\process.jl:99
 [2] #550 at .\process.jl:112 [inlined]
 [3] setup_stdios(::Base.var"#550#551"{Cmd}, ::Array{Any,1}) at .\process.jl:196
 [4] _spawn at .\process.jl:111 [inlined]
 [5] run(::Cmd; wait::Bool) at .\process.jl:439
 [6] run(::Cmd) at .\process.jl:438
 [7] top-level scope at REPL[31]:1

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> [@Fail to run shell command](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/fail-to-run-shell-command/55543/2):
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> echo is not a program that is available in the Windows command path by default. (It’s a Unix thing.)