Article - CS81774
[Knowledge Hub] Windchill PLM - Troubleshooting "wt.fv.FvFileDoesNotExist" errors
Modified: 13-Aug-2025
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 9.1 to 12.1
Description
- Download fails with error
wt.method.client.httpgw - An exception occurred while processing the request.wt.fv.FvFileDoesNotExist - Downloads or Replication fail with any of the following errors:
(wt.fv.fvResource/6) wt.fv.FvFileDoesNotExist: Cannot read: File "<mount path>\<filename>" does not exist wt.fv.master - StdMasterSvc.doDirectDownload: File [nnnn] was not found. java.io.FileNotFoundException: yyyy\nnnn(wt.fv.fvResource/5) wt.util.WTException: Cannot read: Local mount does not exist[(wt.fv.fvResource/56) wt.fv.FvFileDoesNotExist: Mount path does not exist] with root cause
- Exporting workflow templates is failing with error.
- Package delivery is failing with following exception :
wt.util.WTException: wt.util.WTException: wt.util.WTException: Problem in export/import process. Nested exception is: wt.objectstorage.exception.ContentFileDoesNotExistsException: Mount path does not exist Nested exception is: wt.util.WTException: Problem in export/import process. Nested exception is: wt.objectstorage.exception.ContentFileDoesNotExistsException: Mount path does not exist Nested exception is: wt.util.WTException: wt.util.WTException: Problem in export/import process. Nested exception is: wt.objectstorage.exception.ContentFileDoesNotExistsException: Mount path does not exist Nested exception is: wt.util.WTException: Problem in export/import process. Nested exception is: wt.objectstorage.exception.ContentFileDoesNotExistsException: Mount path does not exist
- While trying to open some objects in Creo Illustrate, it fails with:
Failed to download file ...HTTP Status 500 – Internal Server Error...Cannot complete action. Content file not found...The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request
- Publishing bundle fails with error in WVS Job Log
Errors in getComponentContent--(wt.fv.fvResource/CONTENT_FILE_NOT_FOUND) wt.objectstorage.exception.ContentFileDoesNotExistsException: Cannot complete action. Content file not found- <WindchillBase>\logs\MethodServer-<DateCode>-log4j.log contains
ERROR [<queue>] wt.fv.itemmover <UserName> - Cannot read: File "<FilePath>" does not exist (wt.fv.fvResource/6) wt.objectstorage.exception.ContentFileDoesNotExistsException: Cannot read: File "<FilePath>" does not exist - WContentVerify utility reports:
Content File Incorrect Size
- <WindchillBase>\logs\MethodServer-<DateCode>-log4j.log contains
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