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[David <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes it appear s to be a the bug mentioned below. Ive just installed 
kicad-msvc.r21492.b691c18bfc-x86_64.exe from 1 week ago and then 
installed kicad-msvc.r21621.b71ab01de4-x86_64-lite.exe over it and 
everything starts up OK. I use an uninstaller (Revo Uninstaller veresion 
3.20) to uninstall any previous versions. The uninstaller removes left 
over directories and registry entries. Maybe I'll skip removing the 
leftovers if it's causing a crash. I'm not using the nightlies for any 
work yet anyway. Sticking with the stable for now.

David.

On 13/03/2021 15:30, Jon Evans 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 
> <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 
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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
>         <https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/commit/b71ab01de44e6206faf1022455182f65a64d01ab>-x86_64.exe
>         AND kicad-msvc.r21619.2c3f9d30
>         <https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/commit/2c3f9d30d87896f89a6e56ff8fde7df61a9ca719>-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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