java.io.FileNotFoundException on an existing file

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I am getting this error when I try to open a file:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: D:\Portable%20Programs\Android%20Development\workspace3\XXX-desktop\bin\World_X.fr (The system cannot find the path specified)
    at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
    at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.Scanner.<init>(Unknown Source)

The file is existing in the directory but I am still getting this error. However when I copy the same file in the Eclipse workspace Project src folder, no such Exception is returned (though this method also creates the World_X.fr file in the bin folder).

What I am actually trying to do is get the absolute location of the .jar file through this:

fileLocation = new String(Main.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getPath());

And then I am appending "World_X.fr" to the fileLocation string but this is not working. Please help me in this regard.

filenotfoundexception java-io java
5 Answers

The confirmed solution is quite old and even though it works for this particular case it is far more convenient to use URLDecoder, because %20 is only one encoded character, but in your path there can be whole lot of different encoded characters.

fileLocation = URLDecoder.decode(Main.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getPath(), "UTF-8");
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