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Title: Just installed Pelles C and unable to run poide
Post by: PabloMack on July 18, 2026, 03:56:44 AM

It has been years since I ran Pelles C so I installed the most recent release and I get the following message after trying to run poide:

Unable to start POIDE.EXE (error code 2)

Title: Re: Just installed Pelles C and unable to run poide
Post by: John Z on July 18, 2026, 09:51:53 AM

Hi PabloMack,

Welcome back - I believe.

Not a lot of information provided - Error 2 is file not found.

Have you checked the shortcut properties?
Have you looked in "Program Files\PellesC\bin" for poide.exe?

I just did a clean install - worked fine. Windows 11, 25H2, 64bit of course.

You might just try uninstalling and re-install after re-downloading from
https://www.pellesc.se/

John Z

Title: Re: Just installed Pelles C and unable to run poide
Post by: Vortex on July 18, 2026, 01:35:52 PM

Hi Pablo,

Kindly, what is your operating system? Is the User Access Control enabled? Do you have any antivirus software? Are you operating under an administrative account?

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