Uploading to Pico - missing rp2040load file

[santaimpersonator]

I installed the Arduino Core for the RP2040 through the board manager, but I am having issues uploading the blink sketch onto the board.

• I have installed the latest version available through the board manager:
  

• This is the current error output. The code compiles fine, there seems to be a rp2040load file/tool missing:

  Sketch uses 80072 bytes (0%) of program storage space. Maximum is 16777216 bytes.
  
  Global variables use 52920 bytes (19%) of dynamic memory, leaving 217416 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 270336 bytes.
  
  java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "C:\Users\<username>\Documents\ArduinoData\packages\arduino\tools\rp2040tools\1.0.2/rp2040load": CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified
      at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1048)
      at processing.app.helpers.ProcessUtils.exec(ProcessUtils.java:26)
      at cc.arduino.packages.Uploader.executeUploadCommand(Uploader.java:129)
      at cc.arduino.packages.uploaders.SerialUploader.runCommand(SerialUploader.java:383)
      at cc.arduino.packages.uploaders.SerialUploader.uploadUsingPreferences(SerialUploader.java:197)
      at cc.arduino.UploaderUtils.upload(UploaderUtils.java:77)
      at processing.app.SketchController.upload(SketchController.java:732)
      at processing.app.SketchController.exportApplet(SketchController.java:703)
      at processing.app.Editor$UploadHandler.run(Editor.java:2055)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
  
  Caused by: java.io.IOException: CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified
      at java.lang.ProcessImpl.create(Native Method)
      at java.lang.ProcessImpl.<init>(ProcessImpl.java:386)
      at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:137)
      at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1029)
      ... 9 more
  
  An error occurred while uploading the sketch
  

• I double checked for the rp2040load file/folder in the specified location:
  
  
  

• This is the full verbose text:

  • verbose_output.txt

I did try to run the post install script, as mentioned in another issue #191 (comment). However, I ran the batch file instead of the shell script because I am working on a Windows 10 computer. Should I have run the shell script through WSL2 as well?

Should I have manually installed the Arduino core with these instructions?

[facchinm]

Hi @santaimpersonator ,
it looks like your antivirus got rid of rp2040load; we got some other similar reports and we are working to whitelist the file.
The repo is here https://github.com/arduino/rp2040tools in case you want to make sure it's not a virus 😉
To fix the situation you can temporarily download the windows binary from here and extract it in C:\Users\<username>\Documents\ArduinoData\packages\arduino\tools\rp2040tools\1.0.2 folder

[facchinm]

/cc @umbynos @cmaglie @rsora

[santaimpersonator]

Hey @facchinm ,

Thank you for the insight. The (Webroot) antivirus software was blocking the installation of the rp2040load file. Your work around worked... thank you for your help; I'll close this issue.

For anyone else with the same issue, here is a more "Windows friendly" .zip file: rp2040tools.zip

• Follow the instructions from above about where to extract the files
• Your file path may differ; my file path is based on a Win10 computer with the Arduino IDE installed through the App store