# Keep running into file permission problems when running elasticsearch automated tests on Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 20, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keep-running-into-file-permission-problems-when-running-elasticsearch-automated-tests-on-windows/97692 "2017-08-20T16:07:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saralor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/saralor/32/21330_2.png) [@saralor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saralor)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keep-running-into-file-permission-problems-when-running-elasticsearch-automated-tests-on-windows/97692/1 "2017-08-20T16:07:44Z")
After cloning the repo from Github, I've tried running the tests several times with `gradle check`, but every time, sooner or later I run into some kind of file permission problem: `Caused by: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: D:\code\elasticsearch\distribution\integ-test-zip\build\cluster\integTestCluster node0\elasticsearch-7.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT` Or `Caused by: org.gradle.api.file.UnableToDeleteFileException: Unable to delete directory: D:\code\elasticsearch\distribution\zip\build\cluster\integTestCluster node0\elasticsearch-7.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT\data\nodes\0` The errors are different but always related to this. My antivirus is disabled. I'm using Windows 10 and Java 1.8.0\_66. Any idea of what's going on? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/keep-running-into-file-permission-problems-when-running-elasticsearch-automated-tests-on-windows/97692/2 "2017-09-17T16:07:51Z")
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