# Error: failed to create file caches from configuration: file exists

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/error-failed-to-create-file-caches-from-configuration-file-exists/15635>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [December 2, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/error-failed-to-create-file-caches-from-configuration-file-exists/15635 "2018-12-02T20:27:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![zwbetz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/zwbetz/32/16088_2.png) [@zwbetz](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/zwbetz)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/error-failed-to-create-file-caches-from-configuration-file-exists/15635/18 "2018-12-14T16:29:58Z")

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I’m able to reproduce this by using the example site of the [hugo-coder theme](https://github.com/luizdepra/hugo-coder).

I get the error on my Windows 10 laptop, but not on my MacBook. Let me know if you need more info.

## Hugo version

```nohighlight
Hugo Static Site Generator v0.52/extended windows/amd64 BuildDate: unknown

```

## Steps to reproduce

```nohighlight
git clone https://github.com/luizdepra/hugo-coder.git
cd hugo-coder\exampleSite
hugo --themesDir ../..

```

## Error received

```nohighlight
Error: failed to create file caches from configuration: file exists

```

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