# compile\_commands.json and absolute paths in Windows

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/compile-commands-json-and-absolute-paths-in-windows/14257
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [June 18, 2025, 7:06am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/compile-commands-json-and-absolute-paths-in-windows/14257 "2025-06-18T07:06:20Z")
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### Author: ![ClausKlein](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/clausklein/32/352_2.png) [@ClausKlein](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ClausKlein)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/compile-commands-json-and-absolute-paths-in-windows/14257/2 "2025-06-18T13:54:11Z")

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see [The compile\_commands.json is not usable with run-clang-tidy](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/the-compile-commands-json-is-not-usable-with-run-clang-tidy/13565)

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