Windows XCOPY command not working with Alteryx 2022 version

Question

Hi,

Alteryx (desktop and server) has been recently upgraded to version 2022 from 2021 in my organisation and while testing the XCOPY command is failing the command task, I am getting below errors while running the workflow:

Command:

xcopy "Source_path\Data.xlsx" "Target_Path\"

Error:

The external program "temp\SEED_FILE.BAT" returned an error code: 4 (ToolId: 81) Failed to run external program "temp\CALCULATE_MD5.BAT": 1 is not a valid Win32 application. (193) (ToolId: 81)

The same code runs fine in Alteryx's older version in gallery or using copy command.

XCOPY works fine using Alteryx 2022 designer but is failing in upgraded gallery 2022.

JonathanAllenby · Answer

Commenting here as I've seen this twice recently.

First instance was resolved by "adding the user to the admin group on the server".
Second instance is as of now unresolved.

Comment to give me a notification to update this if I haven't replied after a week.