"Command failed" error while flashing tails to USB Drive

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Hi Folks,

I’m currently having the issue that Etcher won’t flash my USB-Drive with the latest Tails image. As you can see in the image, it says “the CMD Command is either wrong or couldn’t be found” in German. Furthermore,

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the developer console gives me this error code:

gui.js:51120 {"stack":"Error: Command failed: cmd /c \"C:\\Users\\candu\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\etcher\\balena-etcher-electron-1ad8b2ec2652.cmd\"\r\nDer Befehl \"cmd\" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder\r\nkonnte nicht gefunden werden.\r\n\n    at file:///C%3A/Users/candu/AppData/Local/Programs/balena-etcher/resources/app/generated/gui.js:71581:37\n    at FSReqCallback.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (internal/fs/read_file_context.js:63:3)","message":"Command failed: cmd /c \"C:\\Users\\candu\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\etcher\\balena-etcher-electron-1ad8b2ec2652.cmd\"\r\nDer Befehl \"cmd\" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder\r\nkonnte nicht gefunden werden.\r\n","code":1,"image":"tails-amd64-4.22.img"}

I’ve tried different USB-Sticks and run everything as admin, but the problem persists.

I’d be grateful for any help.

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Quick update:

Tried the same procedure on my girlfriend’s Laptop = it worked!

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Glad you got it working eventually @joearroyo – it’s likely a local permissions, Windows Defender, or other security setting preventing it from completing successfully. But, at least you got it accomplished. :slight_smile: