# Can't run exe from exported Python sketch (Processing 3.5.4)
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-run-exe-from-exported-python-sketch-processing-3-5-4/44931
**Category:** Processing.py
**Created:** [August 13, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-run-exe-from-exported-python-sketch-processing-3-5-4/44931 "2024-08-13T04:18:04Z")
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### Author:  [@planT\_444](https://discourse.processing.org/u/planT_444)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-run-exe-from-exported-python-sketch-processing-3-5-4/44931/1 "2024-08-13T04:18:04Z")
Hello,
I’m on Windows 10 (64-bit) and want to export a game I made using the Python mode for Processing last year to share it with others. I used Minim for sfx and music. I previously had different classes stored in different files but faced problems running the exported exe. So, I made a copy and combine all the files into one. The project still runs fine from the Processing editor. Now when I export (for windows, embedding Java for win64 not checked), it exports and has a single line error message:
```auto
console: Failed to install '': java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException: cp0.
```
I open the new application.windows64 folder in the sketch folder and run the exe. A loading window with the text Processing.py pops up and disappears after a few seconds. A window much larger than the preset dimensions I’ve coded appears, and it’s all gray. It immediately disappears after half a second. Before I combined the files into one, that window didn’t even appear.
Any pointers? I’ve searched the error on processing forums, but everyone’s gotten it trying to run a sketch in python mode, not exporting it.
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### Author:  [@villares](https://discourse.processing.org/u/villares)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-run-exe-from-exported-python-sketch-processing-3-5-4/44931/2 "2024-08-13T13:23:06Z")
Hi, I’m sorry to hear about that. From the error, could it be some non-ascii chars on the path of some folder/asset? Some other Unicode string somewhere?
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### Author:  [@planT\_444](https://discourse.processing.org/u/planT_444)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-run-exe-from-exported-python-sketch-processing-3-5-4/44931/3 "2024-08-13T18:40:16Z")
Thank you so much for your response. I don’t believe I have any non-ascii characters in my code… I forgot to mentioned, I’m loading level data from a text file. Maybe it’s the text file I stored the JSON data for the levels in? Pretty sure I only used ASCII characters in that though… I think the character set for my Levels.txt is UTF-8.
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### Author:  [@villares](https://discourse.processing.org/u/villares)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-run-exe-from-exported-python-sketch-processing-3-5-4/44931/4 "2024-08-20T19:53:46Z")
Not in your code, but on your project’s directory structure, path to any of your files or Processing files?