Go this error in Linkagemapper toolbox: arcgis 10.8

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Bishal Khanal

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Nov 16, 2025, 11:36:30 PMNov 16
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Go this error in Linkagemapper toolbox:


Executing: MapLinkages C:\Users\new\first C:\Users\user-1\Documents\puskar\tiger_core_areas.shp cll C:\Users\finproduct\case1\firstoutput\resistancemap.tif true true "Connect ALL core area pairs within maximum distance cutoffs (slow if there are many core areas)" # true true false 4 Cost-Weighted true true true 200000 # # # # #
Start Time: Mon Nov 17 08:49:52 2025
Running script MapLinkages...
A record of run settings and messages can be found in your log directory:
C:\Users\new\first\run_history\log

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NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

Setting data frame spatial reference to that of core area feature class.
 
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Starting at step 1.

Making temporary copy of resistance raster for this run.

Making temporary raster of core file for this run.
 
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Running script s1_getAdjacencies.py
 
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Running script s2_buildNetwork.py
Simplifying polygons for core pair distance calculations

Finding distances between cores using Generate Near Table.
There are 21 adjacent core pairs to process.
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Task took: 10 seconds.

Distance file C:\Users\new\first\tiger_core_areas.shp_dists.txt generated.

Core area distance list loaded.
number of pairwise distances = 21
 
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Removed 0 duplicate core pairs in Euclidean distance table.

After removing duplicates and distances that exceed maximum,
there are 21 pairwise distances.  Max core ID number is 7.
Creating link table

Ignoring adjacency and keeping all links


Checking for corridors that are too long to map.
Writing C:\Users\new\first\datapass\linkTable_s2.csv
There are 21 links in the table.
This includes 21 potential corridor links.
Creating shapefiles with linework for links.

Linework shapefiles written.
 
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Running script s3_calcCwds.py
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NOT using bounding circles in cost distance calculations.

Looking for C:\Users\new\first\datapass\linkTable_s2.csv
There are 21 links in the table.
This includes 21 potential corridor links.

Number of core areas to connect: 7

Checking for corridors that are too long to map.
Creating core area raster.

Starting cost distance calculations.

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Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
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***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #1 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 10 seconds.
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Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
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***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #2 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 20 seconds.
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Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
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***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #3 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 30 seconds.
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Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
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***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #4 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 40 seconds.
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Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
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***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #5 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 50 seconds.
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Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
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***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #6 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 60 seconds.
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Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
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***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #7 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 5 minutes.
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Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
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***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #8 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 5 minutes.
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Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
---------------------------------
***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #9 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 5 minutes.
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Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
---------------------------------
***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #10 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 5 minutes.
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Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
---------------------------------
***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #11 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 5 minutes.
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Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
---------------------------------
***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #12 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 5 minutes.
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---------------------------------
Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
---------------------------------
***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #13 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 5 minutes.
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---------------------------------
Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
---------------------------------
***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #14 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 5 minutes.
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---------------------------------
Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
---------------------------------
***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #15 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 5 minutes.
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---------------------------------
Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
---------------------------------
***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #16 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 5 minutes.
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---------------------------------
Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
---------------------------------
***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #17 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 5 minutes.
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Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
---------------------------------
***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #18 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 5 minutes.
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---------------------------------
Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
---------------------------------
***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

That was try #19 of 20 for this core area.
Restarting iteration in 5 minutes.
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Target core areas for core area #1 = [2 3 4 5 6 7]
 
---------------------------------
***Problem encountered executing statement:
"outCostDist = arcpy.sa.CostDistance(SRCRASTER, bResistance, cfg.TMAXCWDIST, back_rast);outCostDist.save(outDistanceRaster)"
The following ArcGIS error is being reported on line line 519 of "C:\Users\user-1\Downloads\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\linkage_mapper_3_1_0\toolbox\scripts\s3_calcCwds.py":
ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).


********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

 
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Geoprocessing error on **line 525** of s3_calcCwds.py in Linkage Mapper Version 3.1.0:
 
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ERROR 999999: Error executing function.
Unspecified error
Configuration RasterCommander.ImageServer can not be started.
Server Object instance creation failed on machine LENEVOIDEAPAD.
 Image Server is not supported with the current license.
Failed to execute (CostDistance).

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********************************************************
NOTE: Linkage Mapper tools often work best when run  from ArcCatalog instead of ArcMap.

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A record of run settings and messages can be found in your log directory:
C:\Users\new\first\run_history\log
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Completed script MapLinkages...
Failed to execute (MapLinkages).
Failed at Mon Nov 17 10:09:49 2025 (Elapsed Time: 1 hours 19 minutes 57 seconds)

John Gallo

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Nov 17, 2025, 4:45:30 PMNov 17
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Hi Bishal,

It is mentioned a few places, but to raise it to the top:

try it again without any spaces or special characters except "_" in the file path?

I think that the "user-1" folder may be causing the problem.

Thanks,

John

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