IDE does not start (pulsating logo)

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errorMessage.txt (368.8 KB)
I tried to install Arduino IDE 2.3.6 and 2.3.2 for Arduino Uno on Windows 11 Enterprise laptop. In both cases, a pulsing icon appeared when starting the IDE. I followed the instructions in post #5 and have attached the output (it was too big to put under ). A couple of more notes but I'm not sure if they are relevant:

  1. On a different computer, I installed IDE 2.3.2 using an older version of Windows. After upgrading to Windows 11 Enterprise, IDE 2.3.2 still works. However on a laptop with Windows 11 Enterprise pre-installed, after installing IDE 2.3.2, IDE does not work.
  2. This laptop (with the nonworking IDE) does have directory C:\Users\mlowe\Documents
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@mlowe303

Please check if IDE hangs on startup: "Failed to initialize the CLI configuration" - #2 by ptillisch solves your problem.

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I could not follow the instructions in "IDE hangs on startup: "Failed to initialize the CLI configuration" - #2 by ptillisch." There is no directory c:\Users\help. I could not find arduino-cli.yaml.

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I found arduino-cli.yaml under c:\Users\mlowe.arduinoIDE. Then I deleted arduino-cli.yaml. Then started IDE 2.3.2. This worked: I can compile and upload to Arduino Uno. Both IDE 2.3.2 and 2.3.6 now work.
(There should be a backslash between mlowe and .arduinoIDE)

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"help" was the (probably modified) windows username in that error message.

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Glad you got it sorted. The dot in the forum has a special meaning at occasion. The backslash that you put in front of that escaped that special meaning so you see the dot. If you also want to see the backslash you need to out two backslashes; often catches me as well

C:\users\mlowe\.arduinoIDE

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I recommend always wrapping any non-prose content in code markup. This avoids any problems with corruption due to chance occurrences of markup in the content without having to think about special cases.

So in this case, I would have written:

I found `arduino-cli.yaml` under `c:\Users\mlowe\.arduinoIDE`.

Which renders as:

I found arduino-cli.yaml under c:\Users\mlowe\.arduinoIDE.

I find this to also be more readable (especially in the context of a longer post) because it visually differentiates the prose content from the non-prose content.

The content that is potentially problematic almost never occurs in prose, so following this rule faithfully will avoid 99.9% of the potential problems. For example, the backslash character doesn't have any application in prose.

@mlowe303 you can add code markup when writing a post by selecting the non-prose content and then clicking the <CODE/> icon on the post composer toolbar. Or you can add the markup manually if you like:

https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/#code