0.20 no start after installation on Windows 10

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Re: 0.20 no start after installation on Windows 10

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The config files will always be in the same place, unless the Windows installation is really messed up.

The location in "Users" noted above is where you will find everything. This is not Linux.

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Re: 0.20 no start after installation on Windows 10

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Hello

These two lines copied in the Python Console, will do the trick

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userFolder = App.getUserConfigDir() if hasattr(App,"getUserConfigDir") else App.getUserAppDataDir()
print(userFolder)

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Re: 0.20 no start after installation on Windows 10

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onekk wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 11:45 pm These two lines copied in the Python Console, will do the trick

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userFolder = App.getUserConfigDir() if hasattr(App,"getUserConfigDir") else App.getUserAppDataDir()
print(userFolder)
And if it does not say

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C:\Users\youruserid\AppData\Roaming\FreeCAD\
you have a very unusual Windows installation.

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Re: 0.20 no start after installation on Windows 10

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user > TOM > AppData > Roaming > FreeCAD

system.cfg
user.cfg

I renamed these files - not help. I deleted - not help.

Only first time after installation - directly from installation manager - let start 0.20.1 on my PC.

I have Fujitsu CELSIUS i9-11900K with Windows 10. Windows installation from Fujitsu, not self installed.

I installed Microsoft MPI v10.1.2
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Re: 0.20 no start after installation on Windows 10

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FreeCAD uses a number of libraries, including Python, Boost, and many others. Do you have any Windows Path environment variables that might direct FreeCAD to some other versions of libraries that might be incompatible with FreeCAD?

I do recall seeing any mention of MPI on the forum? Is it possible that the MPI is mis-directing some FreeCAD communications with the OS?

(Total shots in the dark. :? )

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Re: 0.20 no start after installation on Windows 10

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Gene,
i don't know, i am usual user, not a programmer.
I think problem is in 0.20.1 and not in my PC .
For 19.4 my PC with all installations is good.
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Re: 0.20 no start after installation on Windows 10

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nordman wrote: Thu Aug 18, 2022 10:53 am I think problem is in 0.20.1 and not in my PC .
I normally use the latest development versions (0.21.xxxxx), but I just downloaded version 0.20.1 from the releases page. It worked straight away, with no problems at all.

The problem is most likely in your installation, not in FC 0.20.1, but I have no further ideas.

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Re: 0.20 no start after installation on Windows 10

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Thanks all, i will not be online for the next 3 weeks.

If 19.4 starts and 20.1 does not - then it needed to look at start differences between the two to find errors.

Hope problem will be fixed in 20.2 and it starts as good as 19.4 on my PC.
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Re: 0.20 no start after installation on Windows 10

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did you try with the portable version?
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Re: 0.20 no start after installation on Windows 10

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Portable not tried
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