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Error 'java.net.URISyntaxException: Illegal character' in Websphere SystemErr.log

Troubleshooting


Problem

Error 'java.net.URISyntaxException: Illegal character' will appear after installing Maximo 7.6 with WAS 8.5.5.3.

Symptom

00000068 SystemErr R java.net.URISyntaxException: Illegal character in path at index 16: file:/C:/Program Files/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/lib/pc-appext.jar
00000068 SystemErr R at java.net.URI$Parser.fail(URI.java:2840)
00000068 SystemErr R at java.net.URI$Parser.checkChars(URI.java:3013)
00000068 SystemErr R at java.net.URI$Parser.parseHierarchical(URI.java:3097)
00000068 SystemErr R at java.net.URI$Parser.parse(URI.java:3045)
00000068 SystemErr R at java.net.URI.<init>(URI.java:606)
00000068 SystemErr R at java.net.URL.toURI(URL.java:950)
00000068 SystemErr R at com.ibm.wkplc.extensionregistry.RegistryLoader.canonicalizeFileURL(RegistryLoader.java:671)
00000068 SystemErr R at com.ibm.wkplc.extensionregistry.RegistryLoader.canonicalizeURL(RegistryLoader.java:683)
00000068 SystemErr R at com.ibm.wkplc.extensionregistry.RegistryLoader.canonicalizeJarURL(RegistryLoader.java:667)
00000068 SystemErr R at com.ibm.wkplc.extensionregistry.RegistryLoader.canonicalizeURL(RegistryLoader.java:681)
00000068 SystemErr R at com.ibm.wkplc.extensionregistry.RegistryLoader.loadAllPluginXmls(RegistryLoader.java:348)
00000068 SystemErr R at com.ibm.wkplc.extensionregistry.RegistryLoader.addToRegistry(RegistryLoader.java:312)
00000068 SystemErr R at com.ibm.wkplc.extensionregistry.RegistryLoader.loadModule(RegistryLoader.java:288)
00000068 SystemErr R at com.ibm.wkplc.extensionregistry.ExtensionRegistry.load(ExtensionRegistry.java:70)
00000068 SystemErr R at com.ibm.wkplc.extensionregistry.FilteredExtensionRegistry.load(FilteredExtensionRegistry.java:293)
00000068 SystemErr R at com.ibm.wkplc.extensionregistry.wasservice.ExtensionRegistryService$ExtensionRegistryMetaDataListener.metaDataCreated(ExtensionRegistryService.java:94)
00000068 SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.MetaDataMgrImpl.fireMetaDataCreated(MetaDataMgrImpl.java:279)
00000068 SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.MetaDataMgrImpl.fireMetaDataCreated(MetaDataMgrImpl.java:262)
00000068 SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.metadata.WebMetaDataFactory.createMetaData(WebMetaDataFactory.java:244)

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Modified date:
18 September 2025

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