id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 185 OpenVPN did not detect windows system path WINDIR SYSTEMROOT SYSTEMDRIVE cavila "I installed the windows package on a windows XP Professional. But on openvpn log I got route.exe errors below: {{{ Fri Dec 16 09:22:37 2011 Notified TAP-Win32 driver to set a DHCP IP/netmask of 10.8.0.6/255.255.255.252 on interface {62BF0E58-C57C-4E8A-8888-6ADD532B96D7} [DHCP-serv: 10.8.0.5, lease-time: 31536000] Fri Dec 16 09:22:37 2011 Successful ARP Flush on interface [65543] {62BF0E58-C57C-4E8A-8888-6ADD532B96D7} Fri Dec 16 09:22:42 2011 openvpn_execve: CreateProcess C:\WINDOWS\system32\route.exe failed: O sistema não pode encontrar o caminho especificado. (errno=3) Fri Dec 16 09:22:42 2011 ERROR: Windows route add command failed: external program did not execute -- returned error code -1 Fri Dec 16 09:22:42 2011 WARNING: potential route subnet conflict between local LAN [143.54.190.0/255.255.254.0] and remote VPN [143.54.0.0/255.255.0.0] Fri Dec 16 09:22:42 2011 openvpn_execve: CreateProcess C:\WINDOWS\system32\route.exe failed: O sistema não pode encontrar o caminho especificado. (errno=3) Fri Dec 16 09:22:42 2011 ERROR: Windows route add command failed: external program did not execute -- returned error code -1 Fri Dec 16 09:22:42 2011 openvpn_execve: CreateProcess C:\WINDOWS\system32\route.exe failed: O sistema não pode encontrar o caminho especificado. (errno=3) Fri Dec 16 09:22:42 2011 ERROR: Windows route add command failed: external program did not execute -- returned error code -1 }}} The system could not found the route.exe command. This windows copy is installed on a different path other than c:\windows . Looks like the openVPN is not checking windows directory environment variable. " Bug / Defect closed minor Configuration OpenVPN 2.2.1 (Community Ed) Not set (select this one, unless your'e a OpenVPN developer) notabug systemroot windows route route.exe