Has anyone encountered this issue when launching the software?

The only fix I’ve found so far is to uninstall and reinstall FreeCAD. Is there a better way to fix this? I wish the error message was more descriptive…

Edit: It seems that I can only launch FreeCAD by ticking the “Launch FreeCAD” checkbox in the initial installation wizard. All subsequent attempts to launch FreeCAD seem to fail. I can uninstall the software without removing my user preferences, so it’s not terrible, but having to reinstall the software every time I want to close and reopen the software is a bit… undesirable.

Edit2: If it helps narrow things down, I’m on a Windows 10 machine.

Edit3: I found a forum thread with a workaround. For some reason, right-click and “Run as administrator” launches the software without triggering this error. Big thanks to Bside2234, whoever you are. Looks like the devs are aware of the problem, so hopefully it will be fixed in an upcoming version.

  • sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    41·
    10 months ago

    The error is too vague for anyone to be able to help. Try running freecad from a terminal and see if there is any error reported there

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Double-clicking on FreeCADCmd.exe does nothing. Right-clicking and choosing “Run as administrator” seems to launch FreeCAD in a terminal window:

      No idea what to do from here.

      If I navigate to the FreeCAD/bin directory in Command Prompt and try to run FreeCAD.exe, I get the same pop-up error as my original post. If I try to run FreeCADCmd.exe from Command Prompt, I get seemingly the same error, but in text form!

      Are there any diagnostic or troubleshooting tips you would recommend at this point?