# PVW Visualizer setup

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvw-visualizer-setup/4435
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 28, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvw-visualizer-setup/4435 "2020-05-28T09:03:59Z")
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### Author: ![emmanuel\_madarassou1](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/67e7ee/32.png) [@emmanuel\_madarassou1](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/emmanuel_madarassou1)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvw-visualizer-setup/4435/1 "2020-05-28T09:03:59Z")

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Hi I’m trying to setup paraview visualizer on windows following this [page](https://kitware.github.io/paraviewweb/docs/architecture.html#Simplicity) but I’ve got the following error:  
 ![cazazda](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e9ab86914209e6ffc4ff4fdcff6b3f58abb9750a.png)

What am I missing ?

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### Author: ![jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jourdain/32/11_2.png) [@jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jourdain)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvw-visualizer-setup/4435/2 "2020-05-28T09:29:42Z")

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Did you run the full command line? It is a single one, not 3 independent ones.

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### Author: ![emmanuel\_madarassou1](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/67e7ee/32.png) [@emmanuel\_madarassou1](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/emmanuel_madarassou1)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvw-visualizer-setup/4435/3 "2020-05-28T10:05:52Z")

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It seems to work now that I remove the indent. Also What is the data directory that I need to put ? Can I put the example directory of paraview in order to display the files ?

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### Author: ![jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jourdain/32/11_2.png) [@jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jourdain)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvw-visualizer-setup/4435/4 "2020-05-28T10:27:10Z")

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Yes you can. The data directory will be the root directory that you can browse from the Visualizer UI.

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### Author: ![emmanuel\_madarassou1](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/67e7ee/32.png) [@emmanuel\_madarassou1](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/emmanuel_madarassou1)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvw-visualizer-setup/4435/5 "2020-05-28T10:50:01Z")

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Thanks. That’s what I’m trying to do but I’ve got this:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0076ec3d8c72465921521f83f207614b3e005bdd.png)

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### Author: ![jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jourdain/32/11_2.png) [@jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jourdain)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvw-visualizer-setup/4435/6 "2020-05-28T11:21:27Z")

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This is the same error as before. This is a single command line (No carriage return). The formatting was done so it could be easier to follow the various piece that compose such a long command line.

`.\bin\pvpython.exe share\paraview-5.4\web\visualizer\server\pvw-visualizer.py --content share\paraview-5.4\web\visualizer\www\ --data "C:\...full_path...\data" --port 8080`

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### Author: ![emmanuel\_madarassou1](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/67e7ee/32.png) [@emmanuel\_madarassou1](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/emmanuel_madarassou1)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvw-visualizer-setup/4435/7 "2020-05-28T12:02:59Z")

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Oh right I thought I could just run pvppython first and then put the argument. Thanks for your answers and your time.