# Windows Exit Relay

**URL:** <https://forum.torproject.org/t/windows-exit-relay/9594>\
**Category:** Relay Operator\
**Created:** [October 4, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/windows-exit-relay/9594 "2023-10-04T15:39:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Shadow](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Shadow](https://forum.torproject.org/u/Shadow)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/windows-exit-relay/9594/1 "2023-10-04T15:39:29Z")

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So i am running a tor windows relay  
i followed the guide to a t and the tor.exe is not opening  
it just crashes but does not give me an error log.

i ran the SAME torrc file on an old windows server just fine but since i migrated to a new host  
the same torrc file is not running idk what i am doing wrong

i have the proper ports open  
i also have the FW turned off

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**Author:** ![Vort](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/vort/32/63_2.png) [@Vort](https://forum.torproject.org/u/Vort)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/windows-exit-relay/9594/2 "2023-10-04T16:49:54Z")

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Maybe old `torrc` contains old paths which are unavailable on new server?

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**Author:** ![Shadow](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Shadow](https://forum.torproject.org/u/Shadow)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/windows-exit-relay/9594/3 "2023-10-05T01:32:36Z")

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Ya know that was the case in my old server when I had to update  
But it ran just fine  
So everything is a valid dir as everything is in the C drive

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**Author:** ![Vort](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/vort/32/63_2.png) [@Vort](https://forum.torproject.org/u/Vort)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/windows-exit-relay/9594/4 "2023-10-05T06:02:10Z")

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> [@Shadow](#):
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> it just crashes but does not give me an error log

Will it crash if you run it without `torrc` file? Not as relay, just as regular client.

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**Author:** ![Shadow](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Shadow](https://forum.torproject.org/u/Shadow)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/windows-exit-relay/9594/5 "2023-10-05T12:56:43Z")

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Shockingly I got it to work  
I went into power shell and ran .\tor.exe l more and it told me it was a directory issue  
.and what directly

So what’s on the website is out of data or their is a bug within tor

So I did everything correct it just wasn’t reading the existing  
Directories