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FME Desktop 2022.1 crashes when trying to read Esri File Geodatabase - Reader works fine with any other format including Arc SDEs but crashes when setting format to File Geodatabase and trying to browse local drive

  • April 17, 2023
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d.jimenez
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FME Desktop 2022.1 crashes when trying to read Esri File Geodatabase - Reader works fine with any other format including Arc SDEs but crashes when setting format to File Geodatabase and trying to browse local drive

Best answer by evieatsafe

Hi ​@mackenziel, ​@mabiy, ​@michael_c-f, and everyone else in this thread. Sorry this never landed on a clear answer. I can’t seem to find anyone mentioning their error messages from the translation log, the Windows Event Viewer, etc., so I’m not able to help with specifics, as there could be a multitude of issues to investigate. Some areas to look at first would be:

​@mackenziel Since your issue is with an SDE connection rather than a File Geodatabase, it may not be exactly the same root cause as the original post. I would submit a support ticket with any additional information you may have about your environment, when this started occurring, your version of FME, and anything else that might be relevant.

If anyone else comes across this in the future, please submit a support ticket so we can investigate with you!

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    egge
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    • April 18, 2023

    Hi, according to your statement something goes wrong. Question: do you know the cause of this issue already? When I add a reader to read a sample Esri FGDB (with the version you mention, FME Desktop 2022.1) everything works as expected. So, the crash might be caused by the FGDB you try to read... Is the FGDB corrupt? Are you able to open it in ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro? Pleas let us know.

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    • April 18, 2023

    Hi, thanks for coming back, it's nothing to do with the FGDB as we can browse the drive and open FGDBs in ArcMap and Pro. FME Desktop crashes before even having a chance to point to the one FGDB to read... As soon as I tap on the three dots to browse the drive

    egge
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    • April 18, 2023

    Hmmm, weird. So, the issue is in the "browse local drive" part. Is this only true for FGDBs? What happens if you try to read a CSV, an Excel or e.g. a MapInfo TAB file from your file system? Same issue? And another important question in cases like this is always: since when does the issue occur? Did it still work yesterday/last week or has it never worked at all? Could it be that a recent change in the setup of your system has caused this issue?

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    • April 18, 2023

    Hmmm, weird. So, the issue is in the "browse local drive" part. Is this only true for FGDBs? What happens if you try to read a CSV, an Excel or e.g. a MapInfo TAB file from your file system? Same issue? And another important question in cases like this is always: since when does the issue occur? Did it still work yesterday/last week or has it never worked at all? Could it be that a recent change in the setup of your system has caused this issue?

    Only true for FGDBs... AutoCAd DWGs, CSV, Excel etc all work fine, we are able to browse the drive, select files and read them no problem. Brand new setup, we are still testing and troubleshooting.

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    • April 18, 2023

    Hmmm, out of suggestions from my side... :-( As I have indicated, everything runs fine on my system. So it looks like an issue specific to your environment. Hope you will find the cause, ... and a solution. (It might have something to do with the OS, maybe... What operating system are you running? What version?)

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    • April 18, 2023

    Hmmm, out of suggestions from my side... :-( As I have indicated, everything runs fine on my system. So it looks like an issue specific to your environment. Hope you will find the cause, ... and a solution. (It might have something to do with the OS, maybe... What operating system are you running? What version?)

    Thank you. I think it's standard Windows 10. We will investigate further and i will make sure to update this thread when we resolve for others who could experience the same issue later

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    • February 12, 2024

    Hi,

    Did you find a solution?

    I’m having exactly the same issue with FME 2022.2.5.0 (20230329 - Build 22795 - WIN64). Worked fine last week. No updates since then.

    Thanks

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    • November 21, 2025

    We have the same problem with FME 2024. When trying to load data from a file geodatabase, FME freezes (Feature Reader). Did you find a solution on your end? 

    Thanks

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    • July 21, 2026

    We have the same problem with FME 2024. When trying to load data from a file geodatabase, FME freezes (Feature Reader). Did you find a solution on your end? 

    Thanks

    Did you ever find a solution to this? We are having a similar issue, but with our SDE. 

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    • August 4, 2026

    Hi ​@mackenziel, ​@mabiy, ​@michael_c-f, and everyone else in this thread. Sorry this never landed on a clear answer. I can’t seem to find anyone mentioning their error messages from the translation log, the Windows Event Viewer, etc., so I’m not able to help with specifics, as there could be a multitude of issues to investigate. Some areas to look at first would be:

    ​@mackenziel Since your issue is with an SDE connection rather than a File Geodatabase, it may not be exactly the same root cause as the original post. I would submit a support ticket with any additional information you may have about your environment, when this started occurring, your version of FME, and anything else that might be relevant.

    If anyone else comes across this in the future, please submit a support ticket so we can investigate with you!

    Happy to help - Evie

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