https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/arcgis-pro-on-virtual-machine-problems-find-path/m-p/1621546#M96408 <P>What happens if you make the path a raw string? So:</P><P><STRONG>arcpy.Exists(r"&lt;YOUR_PATH&gt;")</STRONG></P> Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:55:45 GMT MarcoBoeringa 2025-06-06T15:55:45Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/arcgis-pro-on-virtual-machine-problems-find-path/m-p/1621500#M96402 <P>I've installed ArcGIS Pro 3.51 on a virtual machine Hyper V Windows 11</P><P>When I run a notebook I've a problem to access files on the host computer</P><LI-CODE lang="python">Path(path_c, routes) WindowsPath('//tsclient/C/ArcgisPro_lokal/projekte/umlauf_ivu_vrp/input_vrp/20250606_2025-07-01_amm_sued_vergabe_routes.csv') Path(path_c, routes).exists() True arcpy.Exists(Path(path_c, routes)) False</LI-CODE><P>In my opinion Path().exists() and arcpy.Exists() should return the same result.</P><P>Also other arcy modules can't locate the file. Any idea?</P><P>Tim</P> Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:20:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/arcgis-pro-on-virtual-machine-problems-find-path/m-p/1621500#M96402 TimSemmelhaack 2025-06-06T13:20:01Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/arcgis-pro-on-virtual-machine-problems-find-path/m-p/1621546#M96408 <P>What happens if you make the path a raw string? So:</P><P><STRONG>arcpy.Exists(r"&lt;YOUR_PATH&gt;")</STRONG></P> Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:55:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/arcgis-pro-on-virtual-machine-problems-find-path/m-p/1621546#M96408 MarcoBoeringa 2025-06-06T15:55:45Z