Arduino IDE does not start after installing "Arduino SMAD Boards (32-bits ARM Cortex-m0+)"

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I recently bought a MKR WAN 1310 and want to send weight data via LoRaWAN with 4 Load Cells and with a Load Cell Amplifier (HX711) (btw I'm using Windows 10 and latest *.zip Version of the IDE).

However, I have the problem that the IDE does not open after I install the necessary drivers via the Board Manager. As soon as I close and reopen the IDE after the driver installation.

I saw in another thread that this problem was supposedly solved (other thread), but the described solution attempt does not work in my case.

I have little experience with Arduinos and I have seen in other threads that you could get more information about the arduino_debug. I don't know much about it, but would give it a try.

To be able to start the IDE again I have to delete the Arduino15 folder in the local directory.
"C:\Users[Username]\AppData\Local\Arduino15"

tl;dr:

  • start arduino IDE
  • open board-manager
  • install "Arduino SMAD Boards (32-bits ARM Cortex-m0+"
  • close IDE
  • start IDE -> does not start!
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That's correct. That particular problem only lasted a day over a year ago, so your problem is something different.

I think that is the best thing. Please do this:

  1. Start File Explorer (AKA Windows Explorer).
  2. Open the Arduino IDE's installation folder (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino)
  3. In the folder listing of the Arduino IDE installation folder, hold the Shift key while clicking the right hand button on the mouse.
  4. Click "Open PowerShell window here" (or "Open command window here" if using Windows 7). PowerShell (or cmd if using Windows 7) will now open with the current directory set to the Arduino IDE installation folder.
  5. Type .\arduino_debug
  6. Press Enter. Debug output should now be printed to the PowerShell window as the Arduino IDE starts (or fails to start).
  7. Wait for the Arduino IDE to finish starting, or failing to start.
  8. Switch back to the PowerShell window if the Arduino IDE window took the focus.
  9. Right click on the title bar of the PowerShell window.
  10. Click Edit > Select All. This will select all the text in the PowerShell window.
  11. Press Ctrl+C. This will copy the contents of the PowerShell window to the clipboard.
  12. Open a forum reply here by clicking the Reply button.
  13. Click the </> icon on the post composer toolbar. This will add the forum's code block markup (```) to your reply to make sure the output is correctly formatted.
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  14. Press Ctrl+V. This will paste the output into the code block.
  15. Move the cursor outside of the code block markup before you add any additional text to your reply.
  16. Click the Reply button to post the output.

Hopefully that will give us some information we can use to help you with the problem.

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Oh thank you very much. The debug message is in German for me. I'll try to translate it:
Wrong IDE installation folder: The IDE was installed in a subfolder of your Sketchbook. Please move the IDE to another folder.

But the message already even helped me. I can now start the IDE. Thank you very much.

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You're welcome. I'm glad to hear it's working now.

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