If your analysis pipeline expects dlllist.txt as a list of PIDs, use for /f in batch:
echo %cd% dlllist.exe looks for dlllist.txt in the , not necessarily where dlllist.exe resides. Step 2: Verify existence of dlllist.txt dir dlllist.txt If not found, the file is missing. Step 3: Look for the command that invokes dlllist.exe If you’re running a script ( .bat , .cmd , .ps1 ), open it in Notepad and search for dlllist.txt . Step 4: Check for @dlllist.txt in the command line The @ symbol indicates a response file — a text file containing arguments. Without this file, error code 2 appears. Step 5: Examine redirection characters Sometimes dlllist.txt appears as an output redirection, but misused syntax causes read attempts: failed to open dlllist.txt for reading error code 2
%windir%\Sysnative\cmd.exe Then run your dlllist command from there. To ensure scripts never fail with error code 2, adopt these best practices. Check if file exists before reading Batch script example: If your analysis pipeline expects dlllist
if not exist dlllist.txt ( echo Creating empty dlllist.txt... type nul > dlllist.txt ) dlllist.exe @dlllist.txt Step 4: Check for @dlllist