Hello! I just installed Arduino IDE 2.3.2 on Win 11 and when I run the application, I can see only the starting page with the logo on a white background. I looked at a few discussions and opened the installation folder > Opened the PowerShell window (Shift + Right Click) and wrote the command & ".\…

IDE hangs on startup: "Error downloading index"

sterretje October 4, 2024, 4:00am 14

I've found how you can generate a log: please follow the instructions in this post (Arduino IDE 2.3.2 stuck on Pulsating Logo MAC OS Sonoma - #4 by ptillisch) and post the results here.

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