I had to organize my computer so I uninstall arduino IDE.
After that I installed Arduino IDE back.
After so many attempt - it want start - logo is pulsing only and nothing happened.
I read about so many articles and I have to say
Arduino screwed up arduino IDE 2.x
I did try portable version - no - it want work either.
Do not point me to very complicated procedures - what I do not understand.
I'm done with arduino IDE.
Switched to PlatformIO
I'm very disappointed and very angry.
Thx
Hi @Marmadoc. I'm sorry that you weren't satisfied with the level of quality of the free open source Arduino IDE.
If you ever decide to give it another try and still experience this problem, you are welcome to post here and we'll provide assitance.
Thank you for your offer to help, but I did try it unsuccessful several times. I read about this problem, and it looks like I'm not alone. So many people facing the same problem. I used Arduino 1.x for many years with no problems at all. I install version 1.8 - and all is working with no problem. I decided to use back 1.8 version, learn PlatformIO, and wait for Arduino 3.0.
Once Again Thank You.
It is actually many people facing the same symptom, which is caused by many different unrelated problems.
For example:
- Arduino IDE can't download the essential companion tools on the first run of a fresh installation because the user has not connected their computer to the Internet
- Arduino IDE can't run essential companion tools because they have been quarantined by the user's security software
- Arduino IDE can't validate the cryptographic signature of assets because the computer's system clock is out of sync with the actual time.
- The user has misconfigured localhost, which prevents internal TCP/IP communication between components of the Arduino IDE application.
- The user changed their username since the time Arduino IDE was installed.
- The Windows Documents folder has been configured for a location that is inaccessible.
Arduino gave the community the opportunity to participate in the work on this important open source project through the initial phases of the development. The pre-release versions of the application were made available to the community to use. This was done solely for the purposes of beta testing, not for normal use to work on Arduino project. The community made very valuable contributions to the project by beta testing and reporting problems they experienced. So many of the reports you see of this symptom being caused by bugs in the Arduino IDE codebase were from that stage where the application was expected to be unstable and the use of the application was solely intended to be done for the sake of finding such problems.
At this point where the application has reached a state of stability, when the symptom of Arduino IDE hanging on startup is investigated, the cause is often found to be a problem with the user's system rather that the IDE codebase itself. Of course the IDE should do a better job of communicating to the user about such problems, and the task of adding such a capability is something on the long "to-do" list for the Arduino IDE developers.
Thank you for explanation. I do not think that all people with the same problem, will jump deep to setup/changing in own computer. Still - in my opinion it is developers problem - not end user. Any way - Visual Code with platformIO - it is also open source, and with much more possibilities. So my question - what is the reason to create software what is less usable?
Bottom line - I like Arduino IDE but will wait for rev 3.X or even 4.X
Thank you again
Do you truly believe that any of these are not the end user's problem???:
If so, please explain what the developers of Arduino IDE could do to surmount those problems.
Even though PlatformIO is more usable for you (which is understandable), it is certainly not more usable for someone with no prior experience with programming and a low level of computer competency. The Arduino initiative is about making embedded systems accessible to everyone. Arduino IDE provides that universal accessibility.
Yes I truly believe - How - as a end user I can explain this.
My PC is full of different software, from adobe PS, Microsoft Office, Studio Code, Visual Studio with micro, Arduino 2.X etc.
I uninstall arduino (because it is not installed in Program Files but in user folder (?) to clean disc etc.
I reinstall Arduino 2.X - and is not working.
All my previous software works perfectly. Even restore to point before this operation. No luck.
Conclusion - Arduino itself creating problem.
I know developers work hard, but arduino 2.x is not ready to use.
Sorry, and thanks for your input.