Salesforce DX Executable error: Cannot run program "C:/Program Files/Salesforce CLI/bin/sfdx

[Nikos Mitrakis]

When I go to Illuminated Cloud > Salesforce DX > Executable and enter "C:/Program Files/Salesforce CLI/bin/sfdx" for the the Salesforce DX executable, after I click OK I see the following error:

Cannot run program "C:/Program Files/Salesforce CLI/bin/sfdx" (in directory "<Project_Directory>"): CreateProcess error=193, %1 is not a valid Win32 application.

where <Project_Directory> is the directory of my project. I use Windows 10 Pro with the latest version (IntelliJ 18.3.1 - Illuminated Cloud 2.0.4.4)

[Scott Wells]

Nikos, let's do two things. First, please enable debug logging for Salesforce DX as documented here:

http://www.illuminatedcloud.com/support/debuglogging

then reproduce the issue and provide the relevant portion of your idea.log (Help>Show Log in Explorer) where IC tries to run the SFDX executable and fails.

Second, please try the following from the Windows command-line:

C:\Program Files\Salesforce CLI\bin\sfdx.exe

Let's see what results that yields.

For what it's worth, by default the CLI on Windows is installed into C:\Program Files\sfdx\bin\sfdx.exe (or at least it was when I installed it...perhaps it's changed based on the rebranding to "Salesforce CLI"?).

[Nikos Mitrakis]

Thanks Scott, I'll follow your instructions. Executing C:\Program Files\Salesforce CLI\bin\sfdx.exe from cmd gives an error because there is no sfdx.exe file in the bin folder, just a file called "sfdx" (latest CLI version). Probably this is the reason of the issue. By the way, CLI works fine from cmd or VS Code.

[Scott Wells]

Okay, so it sounds like the CLI is installed properly but not at the location configured with Illuminated Cloud. From the Windows command-line please run:

where sfdx

That will tell you where the sfdx executable is in your search path. That's the value you want to use when configuring the CLI with Illuminated Cloud.

For example, here's what that looks like on my machine:

where sfdx
C:\Program Files\sfdx\bin\sfdx.exe

and then here's how it's configured in Illuminated Cloud:

[Nikos Mitrakis]

where sfdx gave the following results:

C:\Program Files\Salesforce CLI\bin\sfdx
C:\Program Files\Salesforce CLI\bin\sfdx.cmd

The former gave an error. The latter (C:\Program Files\Salesforce CLI\bin\sfdx.cmd) works fine! So, my issue is resolved.

Thank you.

[Scott Wells]

Glad to hear! Thanks for letting me know it's resolved for you now.