# Anki not opening; appears in task manager **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [March 19, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-not-opening-appears-in-task-manager/42564 "2024-03-19T02:31:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ankigravity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Ankigravity](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Ankigravity)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-not-opening-appears-in-task-manager/42564/1 "2024-03-19T02:31:57Z")
I have been having this issue for 2 days now. After a recent Windows security update, Anki would not open. I know there are other forums that have addressed this same issue, but I have tried all of those suggestions. I have tried uninstalling, clean reinstall, running as administrator, running in compatibility mode, rolled back the security update, unplugged my extra monitors, changed the decimal/period for my date/time, tried beta versions. I rolled all the way back to the anki-2.1.35-windows-alternate.exe and it would work, but I really want to be using a more up-to-date version. When I run the Anki console, I initially got: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/3/d/3d73425606fc0f1c837c7439a029f3ff895a6fb7.png) Subsequently, the Anki console was showing this (without doing anything to actually fix the initial issue it was showing previously): ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/8/3/83fb09a657e6be6030fc4e0c899333bebf510773.png) I am extremely frustrated. I have lost 2 days of making cards and I really can’t keep scouring the internet for a solution. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-not-opening-appears-in-task-manager/42564/2 "2024-03-19T02:59:33Z")
You didn’t mention – did you try both Qt5 and Qt6? [Startup Issues - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/platform/windows/startup-issues.html#windows-startup-issues) ---
**Author:** ![Ankigravity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Ankigravity](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Ankigravity)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-not-opening-appears-in-task-manager/42564/3 "2024-03-19T03:19:58Z")
Yes, I have tried both versions! I was trying to remember everything I tried. Missed that one. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-not-opening-appears-in-task-manager/42564/4 "2024-03-19T13:58:10Z")
Please see [Fails to start on Windows · Issue #2973 · ankitects/anki · GitHub](https://github.com/ankitects/anki/issues/2973) ---
**Author:** ![Ankigravity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Ankigravity](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Ankigravity)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-not-opening-appears-in-task-manager/42564/5 "2024-03-19T17:29:45Z")
I will review this more later but it seems like the main solution there was unplugging external monitors. I have a desktop PC and can’t unplug all my monitors, but I did remove my second and third monitors. ---
**Author:** ![Ankigravity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Ankigravity](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Ankigravity)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-not-opening-appears-in-task-manager/42564/6 "2024-03-20T03:48:27Z")
I have figured it out. It seems that a windows security update was making it impossible to open anki. I went to Windows Updates \> Update History \> Uninstall updates \> Uninstalled the most recent security update. BUT, you have to also turn off automatic updates as described [here](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-stop-windows-11-updates-forever/a78da428-b90c-4779-aab7-297c254a8ef8) I hope this helps anyone in the future (and serves as a reminder for me in case this happens again). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-not-opening-appears-in-task-manager/42564/7 "2024-04-19T03:48:39Z")
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