title: Troubleshooting brownie installation
body: <p>I am preparing for the chainlink bootcamp and my brownie installation seems to be ok but when I try <code>brownie init</code>I get an error, even when I run as administrator and if I specify the file. See link below for screenshot.</p>
  <pre><code>C:\WINDOWS\system32&gt;brownie init C:\Users\Chris\Documents\Brownie
  INFO: Could not find files for the given pattern(s).
  Brownie v1.14.6 - Python development framework for Ethereum
  
    File &quot;c:\users\chris\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\lib\site-packages\brownie\_cli\__main__.py&quot;, line 64, in main
      importlib.import_module(f&quot;brownie._cli.{cmd}&quot;).main()
    File &quot;c:\users\chris\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\lib\site-packages\brownie\_cli\init.py&quot;, line 31, in main
      path = project.new(args[&quot;&lt;path&gt;&quot;] or &quot;.&quot;, args[&quot;--force&quot;], args[&quot;--force&quot;])
    File &quot;c:\users\chris\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\lib\site-packages\brownie\project\main.py&quot;, line 583, in new
      _create_folders(project_path)
    File &quot;c:\users\chris\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\lib\site-packages\brownie\project\main.py&quot;, line 920, in _create_folders
      project_path.joinpath(path).mkdir(exist_ok=True)
    File &quot;c:\users\chris\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\lib\pathlib.py&quot;, line 1313, in mkdir
      self._accessor.mkdir(self, mode)
  FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified: 'C:\\Users\\Chris\\Documents\\Brownie\\build'
  </code></pre>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/9asJ4.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Brownie error screenshot</a></p>