K. Ristian
Sep 6, 2018 · 1 min read

Sorry for posting multiple comments. This is my first time writing on medium.com.
I use Bazel 0.16.1 and it’s installed by downloading it from https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases. I have renamed it to bazel.exe and put it in the folder you specified above.

The full output from running bazel version in cmd is the following:

C:\Users\Kristian>bazel version
Can’t load log handler “java.util.logging.FileHandler”
java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: c:users\kristian\_bazel~1\u5mzpase\java.log.lck
java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: c:users\kristian\_bazel~1\u5mzpase\java.log.lck
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.translateToIOException(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(Unknown Source)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystemProvider.newFileChannel(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.nio.channels.FileChannel.open(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.nio.channels.FileChannel.open(Unknown Source)
at java.logging/java.util.logging.FileHandler.openFiles(Unknown Source)
at java.logging/java.util.logging.FileHandler.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.logging/java.util.logging.LogManager.createLoggerHandlers(Unknown Source)
at java.logging/java.util.logging.LogManager.access$1300(Unknown Source)
at java.logging/java.util.logging.LogManager$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.logging/java.util.logging.LogManager$4.run(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.logging/java.util.logging.LogManager.loadLoggerHandlers(Unknown Source)
at java.logging/java.util.logging.LogManager.initializeGlobalHandlers(Unknown Source)
at java.logging/java.util.logging.LogManager.access$1800(Unknown Source)
at java.logging/java.util.logging.LogManager$RootLogger.accessCheckedHandlers(Unknown Source)
at java.logging/java.util.logging.Logger.getHandlers(Unknown Source)
at java.logging/java.util.logging.Logger.log(Unknown Source)
at java.logging/java.util.logging.Logger.doLog(Unknown Source)
at java.logging/java.util.logging.Logger.log(Unknown Source)
at java.logging/java.util.logging.Logger.info(Unknown Source)
at com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.BlazeVersionInfo.logVersionInfo(BlazeVersionInfo.java:64)
at com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.BlazeVersionInfo.setBuildInfo(BlazeVersionInfo.java:79)
at com.google.devtools.build.lib.bazel.Bazel.main(Bazel.java:65)
WARNING: — batch mode is deprecated. Please instead explicitly shut down your Bazel server using the command “bazel shutdown”.
Build label: 0.16.1
Build target: bazel-out/x64_windows-opt/bin/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/BazelServer_deploy.jar
Build time: Mon Aug 13 13:42:55 2018 (1534167775)
Build timestamp: 1534167775
Build timestamp as int: 1534167775

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