Apache Spark - Could not locate executable null\bin\winutils.exe in the Hadoop binaries

I am passionate about BigData technologies. I am exploring the Apache Spark these days. I found IBM's BigDataUniversity the best place to learn the trending BigData technologies. I wrote my first Apache Spark application but when I ran it, I encountered the following error

Could not locate executable null\bin\winutils.exe 

in the Hadoop binaries

I searched for it over the internet and found variously detailed solutions. In this post, I am listing down the steps in an easy way to explain how to fix this issue.

Step 1 

Download the winutils.exe from the following link

winutils 32-bit     (depends on your installed Windows version)

winutils 64-bit     (depends on your installed Windows version)

Step 2 
Create the following two directories in C or any other drive

•  c:\hadoop\bin
•  C:\tmp\hive

Step 3

Place the downloaded winutils.exe inside the c:\hadoop\bin folder

Step 4 
Set the following environmental variable

Name : HADOOP_HOME 

Value : C:\HADOOP

Step 5

Add the %HADOOP_HOME%\bin  to the PATH variable

Step 6  

Open the command prompt as administrator and run the following commands

 >winutils.exe chmod -R 777 c:\tmp\hive

Cheers, you are done.