I installed anki app on windows 2.1.37-windows for the very first time on Windows 10 19042.685 but it displays the following: [12696] LOADER: Running runanki.py Exception in thread Thread-1: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\python\lib\encodings\idna.py", line 165, in encode UnicodeErro…

It’s likely related to your hosts file. [image] Anki 2.33 Will Not Start Anki Desktop You’ll need to “pip install flask” first What’s the contents of your hosts file? https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/27350/beginner-geek-how-to-edit-your-hosts-file/ C:\Users\stevewi…

OK, once I commented out youtube ips it works fine on my admin account. But why would that matter? #127.0.0.1 .youtube_dot_com #127.0.0.1 youtube_dot_com #127.0.0.1 www.youtube_dot_com #127.0.0.1 m.youtube_dot_com #127.0.0.1 .youtu_dot_be #127.0.0.1 .youtube-nocookie.com #127.0.0.1 .manhuascan_dot_…

[image] anyoki: Now when I start the app on my daughter’s account I get this error: For this issue, please see Bug (minor): "Failed to create OpenGL context" after first start

Sure enough, when I restarted the app it worked. Thank you. Still not sure why those domains in hosts needed to be commented out but glad it’s working. Thanks.

I suspect the leading dots are causing the problem, as they do not look like a valid hostname. The latest beta version of Anki may be more tolerant of this.

Unable to open anki app on Win10 "UnicodeError: encoding with 'idna' codec failed (UnicodeError: label empty or too long)"

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abdo December 21, 2020, 3:47am 4

For this issue, please see Bug (minor): "Failed to create OpenGL context" after first start

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Unable to open anki app on Win10 "UnicodeError: encoding with 'idna' codec failed (UnicodeError: label empty or too long)"

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