# Having trouble running pde file from command line

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/having-trouble-running-pde-file-from-command-line/7344
**Category:** Processing
**Created:** [January 9, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/having-trouble-running-pde-file-from-command-line/7344 "2019-01-09T03:41:42Z")
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### Author: ![kll](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kll/32/964_2.png) [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/having-trouble-running-pde-file-from-command-line/7344/2 "2019-01-09T13:05:57Z")

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hi, i can not help about the cygwin thing,  
still i think that you first should confirm that processing-java works.

- so when you say

> I’m in the correct directory.

again, open a cmd window there?  
yourdrive:/…/processing-3.4/  
check with dir  
that you see  
processing-java.exe (26.07.2018)  
and type

```auto
processing-java --sketch=yourdrive:/../processing-3.4/modes/java/examples/Basics/Image/LoadDisplayImage --run

```

it works here / win 7 / but full install processing 3.4 IDE

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