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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

If  https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/commit/e38fe842e225271b2c971cc5d8d4035d57c837c1
fixes it, there should be a new lite build i half an hour.

On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 at 16:30, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If this is the first time you are running KiCad 5.99, or you erased your settings directory, you may be hitting https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/7900 with that version.
>
> If this is the case, try installing an older nightly (like go back a week or so, just using the lite installer is fine) and try starting it up.  If that works, you should be able to install the latest version again and have it work.
>
> -Jon
>
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 10:26 AM Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Please try to see if you can start it directly from the kicad.exe in the install location insread of the shortcuts.
>>
>> lør. 13. mar. 2021 16.22 skrev David <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>> I'm reporting this here as I am unable to provide any version information as nothing starts up. This is reported as an incomplete report by the Kicad bot on Gitlab.
>>>
>>> Description
>>>
>>> kicad-msvc.r21621.b71ab01d-x86_64.exe AND kicad-msvc.r21619.2c3f9d30-x86_64.exe installs but does not start up-Windows reports as already running when double-clicking on Kicad, eeschema or pcbnew. None of these applications are listed in task manager. They have NOT been blocked by Comodo internet security premium on my PC (any kicad application is normally sandboxed, and I manually have to add to trusted applications).
>>>
>>> Steps to reproduce
>>>
>>> 1.Install. 2.Double click on EESchema, PCBnew icons
>>>
>>> KiCad Version
>>>
>>> Can not copy version info as applications will NOT start up. My Windows version is Windows 10 2004 (OS Build 19041.867)
>>>
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