Converting .sof file to .flash file for Stratix 10 GX development kit

Thank you for your continued support. I am the OP but I've now been locked out of my Intel account I used to start this thread I signed up for the Intel SSLC which uses Azure to log in, but it does not play nicely with my company's Microsoft Azure profile and I cannot log in to reply to the forums anymore! We are working this issue as well, but irrelevant for this thread other than to explain why replies are slow and I apologize.

So, the one issue I've run into so far, is the nios2-elf-objcopy.exe execution cannot find the .rpd file. The .rpd file does not reside in the same folder as the .exe executable, and while I am typing the command in I can tab-to-complete the path to the .rpd as well as the .rpd filename itself, so I know I have it entered correctly.

Vice versa, if I move into the folder where the .rpd is located and then attepmt to run the executable by using the path to the executable, even if I tab-to-complete to ensure the path is correct, upon hitting enter it says the executable cannot be found.

I currently can't copy the .rpd into the folder with the executable as I do not have admin privileges and the folder is protected, though I will work my with IT to try that next. I am currently on the road on work travel and will be back on Monday.

That is my update for now, I was able to convert the .sof to .rpd, but am getting errors related to file not found that i do not understand when running the indicated command to convert the .rpd to .flash.