topic Error 99999 when trying to execute Erase tool in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/error-99999-when-trying-to-execute-erase-tool/m-p/679787#M22568 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dear community,</P><P></P><P>I am using ArcMap for years and haven't ever asked a question on the forum, simple Google quarry was always enough. I have a serious problem, I am getting 99999 error when trying to execute Erase tool (snapshot attached).</P><P></P><P>I have tried several things: Reduce the size of the dataset, Repair geometry, move the gdb closer to the root, use shorter</P><P>path, run as admin, clear temp, copy to a new gdb, turn-off background processing, etc.</P><P></P><P>Can you give me some advice?&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:55:05 GMT StefanPetrovic 2020-02-25T11:55:05Z Error 99999 when trying to execute Erase tool https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/error-99999-when-trying-to-execute-erase-tool/m-p/679787#M22568 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dear community,</P><P></P><P>I am using ArcMap for years and haven't ever asked a question on the forum, simple Google quarry was always enough. I have a serious problem, I am getting 99999 error when trying to execute Erase tool (snapshot attached).</P><P></P><P>I have tried several things: Reduce the size of the dataset, Repair geometry, move the gdb closer to the root, use shorter</P><P>path, run as admin, clear temp, copy to a new gdb, turn-off background processing, etc.</P><P></P><P>Can you give me some advice?&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:55:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/error-99999-when-trying-to-execute-erase-tool/m-p/679787#M22568 StefanPetrovic 2020-02-25T11:55:05Z Re: Error 99999 when trying to execute Erase tool https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/error-99999-when-trying-to-execute-erase-tool/m-p/679788#M22569 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Whats you data, a screen shot would help! Is it building footprint polygons, locations of unicorns, or a global geology map of the moon?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 28 Feb 2020 13:22:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/error-99999-when-trying-to-execute-erase-tool/m-p/679788#M22569 DuncanHornby 2020-02-28T13:22:27Z Re: Error 99999 when trying to execute Erase tool https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/error-99999-when-trying-to-execute-erase-tool/m-p/679789#M22570 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It looks to me like your topology is corrupted or there is a permissions problem.&nbsp; Try re-granting permissions on the data, and maybe delete or recreate your topology.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 28 Feb 2020 14:01:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/error-99999-when-trying-to-execute-erase-tool/m-p/679789#M22570 WilliamCraft 2020-02-28T14:01:53Z