# Processing can find the data folder in Windows 11 but not in Linux or Mac

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**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Tags:** homework\
**Created:** [November 2, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-can-find-the-data-folder-in-windows-11-but-not-in-linux-or-mac/47472 "2025-11-02T20:48:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-can-find-the-data-folder-in-windows-11-but-not-in-linux-or-mac/47472/2 "2025-11-02T21:20:09Z")

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Hello @ffernandaffranco ,

Welcome to the forum!

Please read:

- _[Welcome to the Processing Foundation Discourse](https://discourse.processing.org/t/welcome-to-the-processing-foundation-discourse/8)_

- _[Guidelines—Asking Questions](https://discourse.processing.org/t/guidelines-asking-questions/2147)_

Do you have permission to post your academic work publicly?  
[https://discourse.processing.org/faq#homework](https://discourse.processing.org/faq#homework)

Please try and reduce your code to a small runnable example.  
It may help to isolate the issue.  
This will also focus on the one issue without the need to post the entire code.

What is the output from this?

> [@ffernandaffranco](#):
>
> ```auto
> System.out.println("=== ASSET LOADING ===");
> File sketchPath = new File(sketch.sketchPath(""));
> System.out.println("Sketch route: " + sketchPath.getAbsolutePath());
> File dataPath = sketch.dataFile("");
> System.out.println("Searching data in: " + dataPath.getAbsolutePath());
> System.out.println();
> 
> ```

`:)`

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