# This VTU file can be loaded into Linux, but not Windows

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/this-vtu-file-can-be-loaded-into-linux-but-not-windows/12380
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** vtk
**Created:** [June 23, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/this-vtu-file-can-be-loaded-into-linux-but-not-windows/12380 "2023-06-23T15:10:04Z")
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### Author: ![todoooo](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/todoooo/32/2819_2.png) [@todoooo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/todoooo)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/this-vtu-file-can-be-loaded-into-linux-but-not-windows/12380/2 "2023-06-24T03:12:14Z")

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> **[Problem opening vtu-file in Paraview -- CFD Online Discussion Forums](https://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/su2/227916-problem-opening-vtu-file-paraview.html)**
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> Hello! So I have been struggling for a while now trying to open my vtu files in Paraview. The error I get is this: ERROR: In C:\\bbd\\ecd3383f\\build\\supe

This problem seems to keep resurfacing in different guises on Windows.

> I have a program in c++ that generates the xml file based on other input data. It has been working for years for many different inputs. This is the first time the xml file exceeds 2GB.  
> [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19628](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19628)

> [@problem reading large VTU file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-reading-large-vtu-file/6887):
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> Hi, I am having issues reading a large vtu file. I have tried various versions of Paraview on Windows and Ubuntu, but the problem is persistent. The VTU file consist of 404000 unstructured data points and when I try to load it, paraview says: ERROR: In /build/paraview-vlxewD/paraview-5.7.0/VTK/IO/XML/vtkXMLUnstructuredDataReader.cxx, line 601 vtkXMLUnstructuredGridReader (0x560f46d55990): Cannot read cell offsets from Cells in piece 0 because the “offsets” array is not long enough. I was wo…

It has not been fixed because it needs to be resolved in CMake and the documentation on how to use _vtk\_module\_definitions()_ is practically useless.  
[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/21145](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/21145)

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