# Why this happens on Windows:\`\`\`julia> run(\`echo hello\`)ERROR: IOError: could

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [January 29, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-this-happens-on-windows-julia-gt-run-echo-hello-error-ioerror-could/54209 "2021-01-29T18:48:35Z")\
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Why this happens on Windows:  
`julia&gt; run(`echo hello`) ERROR: IOError: could not spawn `echo hello`: no such file or directory (ENOENT)`

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**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-this-happens-on-windows-julia-gt-run-echo-hello-error-ioerror-could/54209/2 "2021-01-29T18:49:35Z")

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`cmd /c echo hello` solves the problem (thanks to @fredrikekre )