<p>it looks like your socket-path and the wrong facing slashes should be ./pipe/cardano-node.</p>
<p>Also not sure how you built your node but typically the socket path is in the DB folder so in your case ./db and typically socket is ./db/socket</p>

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<p>Im trying to run preprod node .
steps i followed :</p>
<p>1- downloaded these files : <a href="https://book.world.dev.cardano.org/environments/preprod/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://book.world.dev.cardano.org/environments/preprod/</a></p>
<p>2- run this :
cardano-node.exe run --topology ./configuration/cardano/topology.json --database-path ./db --port 3001 --config ./configuration/cardano/config.json --socket-path .\pipe\cardano-node and</p>
<p>but i get this error : <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/dUuri.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/dUuri.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>doesnt happen with mainnet or old dead testnet .... any idea ?</p>

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Running preview/preprod Cardano-node on windows
# Running preview/preprod Cardano-node on windows

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-09-12)

Im trying to run preprod node .
steps i followed :

1- downloaded these files : <https://book.world.dev.cardano.org/environments/preprod/>

2- run this :
cardano-node.exe run --topology ./configuration/cardano/topology.json --database-path ./db --port 3001 --config ./configuration/cardano/config.json --socket-path .\pipe\cardano-node and

but i get this error : [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/dUuri.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/dUuri.png)

doesnt happen with mainnet or old dead testnet .... any idea ?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-09-14. Score: 1

it looks like your socket-path and the wrong facing slashes should be ./pipe/cardano-node.

Also not sure how you built your node but typically the socket path is in the DB folder so in your case ./db and typically socket is ./db/socket


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