# Desktop App Won't Show **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [September 30, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/desktop-app-wont-show/3869 "2020-09-30T22:24:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![namjunes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@namjunes](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/namjunes)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/desktop-app-wont-show/3869/1 "2020-09-30T22:24:20Z")
I got anki a few days ago and it was working fine until yesterday. I am on Windows 10 and using the latest version of Anki. If I click the icon to start Anki it shows a window on the bar on the bottom that it’s open but when I click it it won’t show on the screen. If I restart my computer then it will come up but I don’t want to have to restart my computer every time I turn it on to use it. Today it happened again but this time it showed this error I don’t know if it could be related to it. Anki 2.1.33 (3f403040) Python 3.8.0 Qt 5.14.1 PyQt 5.14.1 Platform: Windows 10 Flags: frz=True ao=False sv=1 Add-ons, last update check: 2020-09-29 21:20:29 Unknown error ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/desktop-app-wont-show/3869/2 "2020-10-01T05:42:15Z")
Please see if anything pops up in the console: [https://faqs.ankiweb.net/when-anki-does-not-start-on-windows-debugging-steps.html](https://faqs.ankiweb.net/when-anki-does-not-start-on-windows-debugging-steps.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/desktop-app-wont-show/3869/3 "2023-05-01T05:28:47Z")