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    cupressus
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    With option --qmldir still the same. .exe does not start.

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      With option --qmldir still the same. .exe does not start.

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      @cupressus
      Hi
      Do you have more versions of Qt framework?
      If yes, are you sure to run right windeployqt?
      Always if yes, Check Qt DLLs that must be aligned with your application.

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        With option --qmldir still the same. .exe does not start.

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        @cupressus said in After running windeployqt the application does not start:

        With option --qmldir still the same. .exe does not start.

        please post the argument you used for the tool, I think you did not add the actual path to your qml files after adding --qmldir


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          With option --qmldir still the same. .exe does not start.

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          @cupressus
          Hi,
          I reproduced your issue.
          I run windeployqt with debug application.
          Is possible your application is in debug compiled?

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            C:\Users\alois\Documents\build-untitled1-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MinGW_32_bit-Release\release

            within release directory stays my executabe named untiteld1.exe

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              @cupressus said in After running windeployqt the application does not start:

              C:\Users\alois\Documents\build-untitled1-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MinGW_32_bit-Release\release\untitled1.exe

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                C:\Users\alois\Documents\build-untitled1-Desktop_Qt_5_14_2_MinGW_32_bit-Release\release

                within release directory stays my executabe named untiteld1.exe

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                @cupressus
                Try running a dependency walker (https://www.dependencywalker.com/) on your .exe to see if you can spot any potentially missing/not found/wrong bit-ness DLLs on the target system. Also if you are not already doing so try running your executable from a Command Prompt rather then double-clicking it, Windows might be outputting some kind of message which you could see there.

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                  Hello, have a look at the attached picture. This is what dependency walker shows.Unbenannt.jpg

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                    I have found the error. I did a mistake specifying the path to qml files. Now it works.
                    Nevertheless i am wondering that there ar so much files needed for this simple app.
                    125mb?

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                      I have found the error. I did a mistake specifying the path to qml files. Now it works.
                      Nevertheless i am wondering that there ar so much files needed for this simple app.
                      125mb?

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                      @cupressus look at that, had you done as I asked

                      please post the argument you used for the tool,

                      we might have been here earlier.

                      The files will be big, OpenGL.dll will be 20 mb is alone.
                      That said 128mb is a lot and more than I would expect, but without more information hard to tell/advice


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                        @J-Hilk

                        here the command line i used for deployment:

                        windeployqt --qmldir c:\qt\5.14.2\mingw73_32\qml c:\myApp\myApp.exe

                        Yes i can delete some files step by step and look what happens but i cannot imagin
                        if there is not another way.

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                          @J-Hilk

                          here the command line i used for deployment:

                          windeployqt --qmldir c:\qt\5.14.2\mingw73_32\qml c:\myApp\myApp.exe

                          Yes i can delete some files step by step and look what happens but i cannot imagin
                          if there is not another way.

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                          @cupressus said in After running windeployqt the application does not start:

                          windeployqt --qmldir c:\qt\5.14.2\mingw73_32\qml c:\myApp\myApp.exe

                          ah, an error that I expected, you gave the tool the path to the whole QML folder of your Qt installation therefore it got everything qml related -> your folder is so big now.

                          That path should be to the top most folder of your created QML files.

                          Lets assume, your top most QML File is named MySuperAppMain.qml and it has the following path c:\MyQtProjects\MySuperApp\MySuperAppMain.qml

                          than your argument should be:

                          --qmldir c:\MyQtProjects\MySuperApp


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                            @J-Hilk , thanks that helped. The installation folder is now a bit smaller but still
                            97mb.

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                              I was now able to reduce the amount to 50 mb thats ok. for me.

                              Thanks for help.

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                                @J-Hilk

                                here the command line i used for deployment:

                                windeployqt --qmldir c:\qt\5.14.2\mingw73_32\qml c:\myApp\myApp.exe

                                Yes i can delete some files step by step and look what happens but i cannot imagin
                                if there is not another way.

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                                @cupressus I used the same commando to deploy my application but when i try to run nothing happens.

                                The command: C:\Qt\5.15.2\msvc2019\bin\windeployqt.exe --qmldir C:\Qt\5.15.2\msvc2019\qml C:\Users\Samuel\Desktop\deploy\main.exe

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                                  @cupressus I used the same commando to deploy my application but when i try to run nothing happens.

                                  The command: C:\Qt\5.15.2\msvc2019\bin\windeployqt.exe --qmldir C:\Qt\5.15.2\msvc2019\qml C:\Users\Samuel\Desktop\deploy\main.exe

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                                  @Samuel-Alves Hi and welcome to devnet,

                                  You have to give the path to your qml sources. The ones that you have in your sources not the one from Qt.

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                                  Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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