# My anki does not open the program

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 12, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/my-anki-does-not-open-the-program/9213 "2021-04-12T01:21:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![juliace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@juliace](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/juliace)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/my-anki-does-not-open-the-program/9213/1 "2021-04-12T01:21:15Z")

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My Anki doesn’t open the program screen. More when I open the task manager it is running. It is only working in the background but does not open the program window.

 ![erro anki](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/3/3f4bbb43a15d8c003a5affc8016e6a9eeb2f404c.png)

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**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:** [April 13, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/my-anki-does-not-open-the-program/9213/2 "2021-04-13T14:00:02Z")

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Did it work in the past? What changed? Does renaming your Anki data folder help? [Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/#/files?id=file-locations)

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**Author:** ![mfink92](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/mfink92/32/4262_2.png) [@mfink92](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/mfink92)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/my-anki-does-not-open-the-program/9213/3 "2021-04-14T02:30:17Z")

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I have the same issue. It starts and I see the process in task manager, but then it dies. No error log when starting from command prompt either. Unsure if its related to recent windows updates …

I had no issues with Anki just days ago.  
I tried uninstalling, reinstalling and moving my %appdata%/anki2 folder but I am still facing this issue

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**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:** [April 15, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/my-anki-does-not-open-the-program/9213/4 "2021-04-15T08:14:06Z")

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Does changing the video driver make a difference?

[https://changes.ankiweb.net/#/known-issues](https://changes.ankiweb.net/#/known-issues)

If not, and you have some IT knowledge, you could try running from source to see if the issue persists.

[https://betas.ankiweb.net/#via-pypipip](https://betas.ankiweb.net/#via-pypipip)

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**Author:** ![edulallo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@edulallo](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/edulallo)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/my-anki-does-not-open-the-program/9213/5 "2021-04-18T10:47:16Z")

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I have the same problem, and I think it started after the last update of windows, I also tried to uninstall, install a previous version rename %appdata%/anki2, and what I see is that it does not get to create another.  
Has anyone been able to solve it?

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**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, 5:07am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/my-anki-does-not-open-the-program/9213/6 "2023-05-01T05:07:14Z")

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