Blank File/Settings menu in Arduino IDE 2.0.1

Development Tools IDE 2.x
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Hello, when I try to open File/Settings menu it reveals only two buttons "OK" and "Cancel" - nothing more. All the rest works as expected, compilation is OK. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

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Hi @dm56hobbit.

Are you referring to this menu?:

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Yes

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Which operating system are you using (e.g., "Windows")?

I would like to request you to provide some additional information that might help us to determine the cause of the problem and I want to give you the appropriate instructions for your operating system.

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I use Windows 10 PRO 21H1 build 19043.2130, Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4180.0. Never experienced any problems anywhere. Thank you so much.

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I'm going to ask you to post some additional information that might help us to identify the problem.

Please do this:

  1. Start Windows "File Explorer".
  2. Open the Arduino IDE installation folder.
    (usually C:\Program Files\Arduino IDE or C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Programs\Arduino IDE).
  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. From the context menu, click "Open PowerShell window here".
    PowerShell will now open with the current directory set to the Arduino IDE installation folder.
  5. Type the following command:
    & ".\Arduino IDE"
  6. Press the Enter key.
    Debug output should now be printed to the PowerShell window as the Arduino IDE starts (or fails to start).
  7. Select File > Preferences from the Arduino IDE menus.
  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.
    This will open a context menu.
  10. Select Edit > Select All from the context menu.
    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 error messages are correctly formatted.
    Code block
  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.

Please let me know if you have any questions or problems while following those instructions.

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Hello, due to surrealistic nature of the problem, I decided to reinstall IDE from scratch, removing any possible remains of previous installations and it helped. Thank you so much!

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Your topic has been moved to the more suitable IDE2.0 section of the forum.

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