# Anki no longer starts **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [August 13, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-no-longer-starts/33132 "2023-08-13T03:28:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ankilearner101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Ankilearner101](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Ankilearner101)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-no-longer-starts/33132/1 "2023-08-13T03:28:40Z")
I have been trying to start Anki for the last two days with no luck. Nothing happens at all. I cannot even find any activity of it in my task manager. I have uninstalled the program a few times now and also tried out different versions (2.1.65qt5, 2.1.29 and 2.1.65qt6). I am operating on a Windows 11 computer. Does anyone have any tips? I would like not to lose the progress I made on my Anki cards. Been a 2-month progress already. ---
**Author:** ![kelciour](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/kelciour/32/14770_2.png) [@kelciour](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/kelciour)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-no-longer-starts/33132/2 "2023-08-13T09:52:51Z")
Maybe first try starting Anki from a terminal - [https://docs.ankiweb.net/platform/windows/startup-issues.html#debugging](https://docs.ankiweb.net/platform/windows/startup-issues.html#debugging) The default installation folder for the latest Anki version will be `%LocalAppData%\Programs`. You can run it from cmd, for example, like this: `"C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Programs\Anki\anki-console.bat"` ---
**Author:** ![Ankilearner101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Ankilearner101](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Ankilearner101)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-no-longer-starts/33132/3 "2023-08-13T13:18:34Z")
Hi Kelciour, Thanks very much for your response. It did not boot but it gave me this feedback: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/f/fac64149d1d58b908df7d3ec3b1930c6bf78dbee.png) ---
**Author:** ![kelciour](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/kelciour/32/14770_2.png) [@kelciour](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/kelciour)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-no-longer-starts/33132/4 "2023-08-13T15:03:46Z")
Thank you. That’s a very unusual error. Maybe try something like this. 1. Reboot your PC 2. Install the latest qt6 beta from [https://betas.ankiweb.net](https://betas.ankiweb.net) (“Packaged Builds”) 3. If Anki doesn’t start, install [Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170) for X64 ([https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc\_redist.x64.exe](https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe)), reboot your PC and try to open Anki again. 4. If it still doesn’t work, maybe install qt6 version directly to `C:`, i.e. `C:\Anki`, and try to open Anki. 5. I don’t know, but maybe Process Monitor ([https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon)) can provide a bit more information on what happens by adding a filter to capture only anki.exe events (1st screenshot), then opening Anki from the desktop shortcut (or by running anki.exe) and looking at the last captured lines or the lines that contain QtCore for some useful error message or maybe by comparing with the successful start (3rd screenshot). If nothing helps, I think, running Anki from Python ([https://faqs.ankiweb.net/running-from-python.html](https://faqs.ankiweb.net/running-from-python.html)) should definitely work. ---
**Author:** ![Ankilearner101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Ankilearner101](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Ankilearner101)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-no-longer-starts/33132/5 "2023-08-13T17:04:32Z")
Installing the latest qt6 beta worked! thanks very much for the tip. ---
**Author:** ![Ankilearner101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Ankilearner101](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Ankilearner101)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-no-longer-starts/33132/6 "2023-08-21T15:29:04Z")
I had this issue come up again. I fixed it by disconnecting my HDMI cable. Weird fix but it worked. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-no-longer-starts/33132/7 "2023-09-20T15:29:45Z")
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