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[17:39:09] [Server thread/WARN] [minecraft/DedicatedServer]: **** FAILED TO BIND TO PORT!
[17:39:09] [Server thread/WARN] [minecraft/DedicatedServer]: The exception was: java.net.BindException: Cannot assign requested address: bind
[17:39:09] [Server thread/WARN] [minecraft/DedicatedServer]: Perhaps a server is already running on that port?
[17:39:09] [Server thread/INFO] [minecraft/MinecraftServer]: Stopping server
[17:39:09] [Server thread/INFO] [minecraft/MinecraftServer]: Saving worlds
[17:39:09] [Server thread/ERROR] [minecraft/MinecraftServer]: Exception stopping the server
java.lang.NullPointerException: null
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.func_213211_a(MinecraftServer.java:537) ~[?:?] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,pl:runtimedistcleaner:A,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B,pl:runtimedistcleaner:A}
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.func_71260_j(MinecraftServer.java:567) ~[?:?] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,pl:runtimedistcleaner:A,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B,pl:runtimedistcleaner:A}
at net.minecraft.server.dedicated.DedicatedServer.func_71260_j(DedicatedServer.java:514) ~[?:?] {re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B}
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.func_240802_v_(MinecraftServer.java:678) ~[?:?] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,pl:runtimedistcleaner:A,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B,pl:runtimedistcleaner:A}
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.lambda$startServer$0(MinecraftServer.java:232) ~[?:?] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,pl:runtimedistcleaner:A,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B,pl:runtimedistcleaner:A}
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_271] {}

this is the full message and I'm using a normal folder

sorry to be a pain but can you explain what you mean i'm confused

Okay thank you i will give that a try

Yes

I keep getting

C:\users\pc\onedrive\desktop\mcserver\pause

press any key to continue

my run file is

java -Xmx2048M -Xms2048M -jar forgeserver.jar -port 25565
PAUSE

so i'm not sure why it's not working please help!