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Offline drchaz@gmail.com

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XLights4 (latest version) won't run on Windows 10
« on: November 15, 2016, 12:44:53 PM »
I downloaded the latest version of xLights. When I turn to run it on my Windows 10 laptop, I see the spinning circle for a few seconds and then nothing.

Any ideas?

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Re: XLights4 (latest version) won't run on Windows 10
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2016, 01:48:17 PM »
Xlights been running fine on mine right along but once. it was many versons ago and did the same thing. All I did was a clean install.  Just not an upgrade. after that it came up fine.
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Re: XLights4 (latest version) won't run on Windows 10
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2016, 03:05:10 PM »
Check your log file c:/users/(you)/appdata/roaming/xlights_log4cpp.log. You likely have an error message there that hints at the problem.

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Re: XLights4 (latest version) won't run on Windows 10
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2016, 09:01:25 PM »
I have the same problem, but I don't have an "appdata" to look at in C:users/myname? any ideas?
http://nutcracker123.com/forum/index.php?topic=53.msg217#msg217

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Re: XLights4 (latest version) won't run on Windows 10
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2016, 11:27:33 PM »
I have the same problem, but I don't have an "appdata" to look at in C:users/myname? any ideas?


AppData is normally a hidden folder so you need to click the View tab in Windows Explorer and check the Hidden Items checkbox to see it.  Everyone on Windows has this folder.