Bug report The default Anki download did not work on my Samsung Galaxy Book Go laptop. This laptop runs windows on ARM. When I tried to run ./anki-console from the terminal I got this error: Starting Anki 25.09.2… 2026-01-11 23:14:50,940:INFO:aqt.mediasrv: Serving on {{anki forum won’t let my pos…

[image] patrickjh: I tried various tricks like setting environment variables to see more logging output or using environment variables to tell QT to not use vulkan, but none of that seemed to make a difference. Have you tried changing the video driver using the gldriver6 file? See Display Iss…

I indeed have the exact same error. I am also using a Windows on ARM powered device, the Surface Pro X. So perhaps it is a windows on arm specific error? Installing and using the latest version before the new launcher works perfectly fine for me. Nevertheless, I want the newest version of Anki to …

If you are comfortable to follow ankis build instructions , maybe that could help to run the latest anki. If you build Anki yourself then the launcher won’t be needed; and it should in theory rule out architecture related issues.

I tried using this troubleshooting. Sadly, it doesn´t seem to work. If I try using this in terminal it gives me the following error message: out-file : A part of the path “C:\Users\Rafael\Library\Application” couldn´t be found. In line:1 character:1 echo software > ~/Library/Application\ Support…

Makes sense. You followed instructions for mac which are different from windows. See Display Issues - Anki Manual .

Oh! It´s getting late and I´m getting tired. Sadly missed this detail. I now used the right command for PowerShell. It sadly also didn´t help. Anki is still not opening…

See my comment here: [image] Windows on ARM Support Suggestions Looks like the packaging tool supports Windows ARM now, so it’s possible to add support to Anki. This is tracked here: Tracking issue for Windows on ARM64 support · Issue #4079 · ankitects/anki · …

Could not open default anki on galaxy book go

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abdo January 20, 2026, 12:35pm 9

See my comment here:

Topic		Replies	Views
My Anki is not opening at all Help	6	191	May 4, 2026
App does not open on MS Surface Pro X Help	3	834	November 26, 2022
Anki Fails to launch on arm64 Linux Help	6	1073	October 25, 2023
V25.09 Windows: anki-console.exe quits without displaying anything Help	9	295	January 25, 2026
Windows on ARM Support Suggestions	5	1082	January 20, 2026

Could not open default anki on galaxy book go

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