Unsolved Can't Launch Designer w/ Anaconda 3
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Thank you for the help.
-Windows 10 Enterprise 64 bit
-Anaconda 3 Version 2020.2
-I am sure I have had updates. I haven't run Designer on this computer for a few months although my other Windows computers with almost the exact same setup run the Designer fine still. Put in a work ticket to see if something is blocking it I can't see. -
Try starting design from the command line with the QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS environment variable set to 1. It might give you some clues about what is happening.
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Going through the command line, not seeing any feedback. I'm worried I didn't set the variable correctly though, didn't see much info on doing it differently from the command prompt. I'm not seeing any debug info and it's still not launching.
(base) C:\Users\SackLunch>set QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1 (base) C:\Users\SackLunch>designer.exe (base) C:\Users\SackLunch>
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Did you check where this executable is located ? You might be launching something different with the same if it's found earlier in the paths configured in PATH.
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@SGaist I have either been changing to the directory or doing a 'where designer.exe' to double check.
What is really strange is that I can now get designer.exe to launch but the only way I can do it is if I launch designer.exe as soon as the computer boots and before other apps initialize on start up. All the other Qt tools launch fine at any time except for designer.exe.
If I wait too long after startup, some program seems to be interfering with designer.exe from launching. I have zoom, dropbox, and a few other programs launch so I'm wondering if it's one of those. Anyone else heard of issues like this? Most recent programs for me would be Zoom and Kepware OPC server.
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Can you disable them to see which one triggers that behaviour ?
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@SGaist Yes, thank you for following up. I removed Kepware OPC Server and it seems to have resolved the issue.
Thank you all for the help!
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I wonder what it does that has such implications...
In any case, since you have it working now, please mark the thread as solved using the "Topic Tools" button or the three doted menu beside the answer that you deem correct so that other forum users may know a solution has been found :-)
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Looks like I'm still having problems now. It was fine for a few days where it would open with no issues and now I'm back to not being able to open Designer at all.
Not sure what's causing this and I'm having issues with the debug flag to get debug information to output.
Any direction to looking into this is appreciated.
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Did you install something new ? Got your PATH modified ?