# Can't open file.e on Paraview
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-open-file-e-on-paraview/8848
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [January 27, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-open-file-e-on-paraview/8848 "2022-01-27T08:49:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@arturp97](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/arturp97)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-open-file-e-on-paraview/8848/1 "2022-01-27T08:49:35Z")
When i open the file .e from DICe 2D appears this error message below. What should i do?
```auto
-- ERROR: In C:\glr\builds\paraview\paraview-ci\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\IO\IOSS\vtkIOSSReader.cxx, line 687
vtkIOSSReader (000002D4ABD85820): No filename specified.
ERROR: In C:\glr\builds\paraview\paraview-ci\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\Common\ExecutionModel\vtkExecutive.cxx, line 753
vtkPVCompositeDataPipeline (000002D49FFF4E40): Algorithm vtkIOSSReader(000002D4ABD85820) returned failure for request: vtkInformation (000002D4A198B8F0)
Debug: Off
Modified Time: 462280
Reference Count: 1
Registered Events: (none)
Request: REQUEST_INFORMATION
FORWARD_DIRECTION: 0
ALGORITHM_AFTER_FORWARD: 1
```
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 8:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-open-file-e-on-paraview/8848/2 "2022-01-27T08:51:35Z")
please share your file
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### Author:  [@arturp97](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/arturp97)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 8:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-open-file-e-on-paraview/8848/3 "2022-01-27T08:53:18Z")
[DICe\_solution.e](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/hJy0bVMNt2EGUr9S9qBQM6fsCEi.e) (2.3 MB)
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### Author:  [@pavel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/pavel)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 9:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-open-file-e-on-paraview/8848/4 "2022-01-27T09:00:24Z")
It is opened in PV 5.9.1:
without error messages.
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### Author:  [@arturp97](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/arturp97)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 9:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-open-file-e-on-paraview/8848/5 "2022-01-27T09:05:04Z")
i’m using the version 5.10. Where can i find 5.9.1 version?
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### Author:  [@pavel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/pavel)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 9:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-open-file-e-on-paraview/8848/6 "2022-01-27T09:06:13Z")
here [https://www.paraview.org/download/](https://www.paraview.org/download/)
just choose 5.9 in a Version field, then find “ParaView-5.9.1-…” below
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 9:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-open-file-e-on-paraview/8848/7 "2022-01-27T09:06:19Z")
Another issue with the IOSS reader FYI @utkarsh.ayachit
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### Author:  [@arturp97](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/arturp97)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 9:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-open-file-e-on-paraview/8848/8 "2022-01-27T09:13:29Z")
Opened! Thanks a lot
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### Author:  [@utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/utkarsh.ayachit)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-open-file-e-on-paraview/8848/9 "2022-01-27T17:38:56Z")
Here’s the error from paraview `master`. Exodus does not support global Id value 0.
```auto
( 8.283s) [paraview] vtkIOSSReader.cxx:3115 ERR| Error reading entity block (or set) named 'block_1' from '/tmp/DICe_solution.e'; skipping. Details:
ERROR: node mapping routines detected non-positive global id 0 for local id 1 on processor 0, filename '/tmp/DICe_solution.e'.
```