# FreeFem++-mpi.exe ended prematurely and may have crashed. exit code 3

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**Created:** [February 23, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-mpi-exe-ended-prematurely-and-may-have-crashed-exit-code-3/1549 "2022-02-23T05:48:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/freefem-mpi-exe-ended-prematurely-and-may-have-crashed-exit-code-3/1549/1 "2022-02-23T05:48:04Z")

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Hi, why?  
C:\>“Program Files\Microsoft MPI\Bin\mpiexec.exe” -n 1 FreeFem+±mpi.exe -jc DDM-Schwarz-Lame-3d.edp  
– FreeFem++ v4.1 (Sat, Nov 13, 2021 7:40:01 PM - git v4.10)  
file : DDM-Schwarz-Lame-3d.edp  
Load: lg\_fem lg\_mesh lg\_mesh3 eigenvalue parallelempi  
Error opening file DDM-Schwarz-Lame-3d.edp in:  
– try :“DDM-Schwarz-Lame-3d.edp”  
– try :“C:\Program Files (x86)\FreeFem++\idp\DDM-Schwarz-Lame-3d.edp”

Error line number 1, in file – unknown --, before token  
lex: Error input opening file  
current line = -1 mpirank 0 / 1  
Compile error : lex: Error input opening file  
line number :1,  
terminate called after throwing an instance of ‘ErrorCompile’  
what(): Compile error : lex: Error input opening file  
line number :1,

job aborted:  
[ranks] message

[0] process exited without calling finalize

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[0] on LAPTOP-4T98F0QS  
FreeFem+±mpi.exe ended prematurely and may have crashed. exit code 3

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