# Cannot read Ensight Gold file

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-read-ensight-gold-file/14117
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [March 9, 2024, 6:01am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-read-ensight-gold-file/14117 "2024-03-09T06:01:44Z")
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### Author: ![hngnet](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@hngnet](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hngnet)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2024, 6:01am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-read-ensight-gold-file/14117/1 "2024-03-09T06:01:44Z")

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[test\_data.zip](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/l2NUIGcbMxzznN2xP1yvSFfcvpK.zip) (3.2 MB)

Dear all:

When I try to read an Ensight Gold file as attached, I get the following errors:

ERROR: In vtkEnSightGoldBinaryReader.cxx, line 258  
vtkEnSightGoldBinaryReader (0000020E9C2F68A0): stat failed.

ERROR: In vtkEnSightGoldBinaryReader.cxx, line 1419  
vtkEnSightGoldBinaryReader (0000020E9C2F68A0): Unable to open file: C:\work\output\test\_data\vfault\_step0\_proc0.dis

ParaView version: 5.12.0  
I tried both Linux and Windows versions with the same error.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Best,  
Hom Nath

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### Author: ![hngnet](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@hngnet](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hngnet)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-read-ensight-gold-file/14117/2 "2024-03-10T00:48:38Z")

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This was due to the missing file. I fixed it 🙂 Thank you