Continuing the discussion from Arduino 2.3.4 will not open:
PS C:\Users\alexa\AppData\Local\Programs\arduino-ide> & ".\Arduino IDE"
PS C:\Users\alexa\AppData\Local\Programs\arduino-ide> Arduino IDE 2.3.4
Checking for frontend application configuration customizations. Module path: C:\Users\alexa\AppData\Local\Programs\arduino-ide\resources\app\lib\backend\electron-main.js, destination 'package.json': C:\Users\alexa\AppData\Local\Programs\arduino-ide\resources\app\package.json
Setting 'theia.frontend.config.appVersion' application configuration value to: "2.3.4" (type of string)
Setting 'theia.frontend.config.cliVersion' application configuration value to: "1.1.1" (type of string)
Setting 'theia.frontend.config.buildDate' application configuration value to: "2024-12-03T10:03:03.490Z" (type of string)
Frontend application configuration after modifications: {"applicationName":"Arduino IDE","defaultTheme":{"light":"arduino-theme","dark":"arduino-theme-dark"},"defaultIconTheme":"none","electron":{"windowOptions":{}},"defaultLocale":"","validatePreferencesSchema":false,"preferences":{"window.title":"${rootName}${activeEditorShort}${appName}","files.autoSave":"afterDelay","editor.minimap.enabled":false,"editor.tabSize":2,"editor.scrollBeyondLastLine":false,"editor.quickSuggestions":{"other":false,"comments":false,"strings":false},"editor.maxTokenizationLineLength":500,"editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled":false,"breadcrumbs.enabled":false,"workbench.tree.renderIndentGuides":"none","explorer.compactFolders":false},"appVersion":"2.3.4","cliVersion":"1.1.1","buildDate":"2024-12-03T10:03:03.490Z"}
Starting backend process. PID: 7504
Using browser-only version of superagent in non-browser environment
Configuration directory URI: 'file:///c%3A/Users/alexa/.arduinoIDE'
Configuring to accept webviews on '^.+\.webview\..+$' hostname.
2025-02-12T09:48:35.184Z root INFO Backend Object.initialize: 3.0 ms [Finished 0.372 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.185Z root INFO Backend Object.configure: 2.3 ms [Finished 0.372 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.185Z root INFO Backend s.onStart: 1.1 ms [Finished 0.372 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.185Z root INFO Backend s.configure: 0.3 ms [Finished 0.387 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.186Z root INFO Backend d.onStart: 0.2 ms [Finished 0.387 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.186Z root INFO Backend d.configure: 0.1 ms [Finished 0.387 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.187Z root INFO Backend d.initialize: 14.8 ms [Finished 0.387 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.187Z root INFO Backend c.onStart: 0.2 ms [Finished 0.387 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.187Z root INFO Backend a.configure: 0.8 ms [Finished 0.388 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.188Z config INFO >>> Initializing CLI configuration...
2025-02-12T09:48:35.188Z root INFO Backend c.initialize: 0.4 ms [Finished 0.388 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.188Z root INFO Backend x.onStart: 0.5 ms [Finished 0.388 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.189Z config INFO Loading CLI configuration from c:\Users\alexa\.arduinoIDE\arduino-cli.yaml...
2025-02-12T09:48:35.189Z daemon INFO Starting daemon from C:\Users\alexa\AppData\Local\Programs\arduino-ide\resources\app\lib\backend\resources\arduino-cli.exe...
2025-02-12T09:48:35.189Z root INFO Backend a.initialize: 0.2 ms [Finished 0.389 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.189Z root INFO Backend w.onStart: 0.8 ms [Finished 0.389 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.189Z root INFO Backend r.configure: 1.2 ms [Finished 0.389 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.189Z discovery-log INFO start
2025-02-12T09:48:35.189Z discovery-log INFO start new deferred
2025-02-12T09:48:35.189Z root INFO Backend d.initialize: 0.3 ms [Finished 0.390 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.189Z root INFO Backend y.onStart: 1.3 ms [Finished 0.391 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.189Z root INFO Backend r.configure: 1.1 ms [Finished 0.391 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.189Z root INFO Backend a.onStart: 0.3 ms [Finished 0.392 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.189Z root INFO Backend h.configure: 0.2 ms [Finished 0.392 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.189Z root INFO Backend s.configure: 0.1 ms [Finished 0.392 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.189Z root INFO Backend l.configure: 0.0 ms [Finished 0.392 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.191Z root INFO Theia app listening on http://127.0.0.1:50183.
2025-02-12T09:48:35.192Z root INFO Finished starting backend application: 2.3 ms [Finished 0.394 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.394Z root WARN The local plugin referenced by local-dir:/c%3A/Users/alexa/.arduinoIDE/plugins does not exist.
2025-02-12T09:48:35.394Z root WARN The local plugin referenced by local-dir:/c%3A/Users/alexa/.arduinoIDE/extensions does not exist.
2025-02-12T09:48:35.394Z root WARN The local plugin referenced by local-dir:C:\Users\alexa\.arduinoIDE\plugins does not exist.
2025-02-12T09:48:35.807Z config INFO Loaded CLI configuration: {"board_manager":{"additional_urls":[]}}
2025-02-12T09:48:35.807Z config INFO Loading fallback CLI configuration to get 'directories.data' and 'directories.user'
2025-02-12T09:48:35.811Z daemon INFO time="2025-02-12T10:48:35+01:00" level=info msg="arduino-cli version 1.1.1"
time="2025-02-12T10:48:35+01:00" level=info msg="Using config file: c:\\Users\\alexa\\.arduinoIDE\\arduino-cli.yaml"
time="2025-02-12T10:48:35+01:00" level=info msg="Executing `arduino-cli daemon`"
Daemon is now listening on 127.0.0.1:50184
{"IP":"127.0.0.1","Port":"50184"}
2025-02-12T09:48:35.811Z daemon INFO Daemon is running.
2025-02-12T09:48:35.823Z daemon INFO time="2025-02-12T10:48:35+01:00" level=info msg="Starting download" url="https://downloads.arduino.cc/libraries/library_index.tar.bz2"
2025-02-12T09:48:35.830Z root INFO Resolve plugins list: 641.3 ms [Finished 1.032 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:35.849Z config INFO Loaded fallback CLI configuration: {"directories":{"user":"C:\\Users\\alexa\\Documents\\Arduino","data":"C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15"}}
2025-02-12T09:48:35.849Z config INFO Merged CLI configuration with the fallback: {"directories":{"user":"C:\\Users\\alexa\\Documents\\Arduino","data":"C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15"},"board_manager":{"additional_urls":[]}}
2025-02-12T09:48:35.849Z config INFO Loaded the CLI configuration.
2025-02-12T09:48:35.876Z config INFO Mapped the CLI configuration: {"dataDirUri":"file:///c%3A/Users/alexa/AppData/Local/Arduino15","sketchDirUri":"file:///c%3A/Users/alexa/Documents/Arduino","additionalUrls":[],"network":"none","locale":"en"}
2025-02-12T09:48:35.876Z config INFO Validating the CLI configuration...
2025-02-12T09:48:35.876Z config INFO The CLI config is valid.
2025-02-12T09:48:35.876Z config INFO <<< Initialized the CLI configuration.
2025-02-12T09:48:36.293Z root INFO Deploy plugins list: 641.3 ms [Finished 1.496 s after backend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:36.962Z root ERROR Detected an error response during the gRPC core client initialization: code: 3, message: Error verifying signature: signature expired: is your system clock set correctly?
2025-02-12T09:48:36.968Z daemon INFO time="2025-02-12T10:48:36+01:00" level=info msg="Checking signature" index="C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\package_index.json" signatureFile="C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\package_index.json.sig" trusted=true
2025-02-12T09:48:36.968Z daemon INFO time="2025-02-12T10:48:36+01:00" level=info msg="Loading hardware from: C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages"
2025-02-12T09:48:36.969Z daemon INFO time="2025-02-12T10:48:36+01:00" level=info msg="Loading package builtin from: C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\builtin"
2025-02-12T09:48:36.969Z daemon INFO time="2025-02-12T10:48:36+01:00" level=info msg="Checking existence of 'tools' path: C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\builtin\\tools"
time="2025-02-12T10:48:36+01:00" level=info msg="Loading tools from dir: C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\builtin\\tools"
2025-02-12T09:48:36.969Z daemon INFO time="2025-02-12T10:48:36+01:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:ctags@5.8-arduino11"
2025-02-12T09:48:36.969Z daemon INFO time="2025-02-12T10:48:36+01:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:dfu-discovery@0.1.2"
2025-02-12T09:48:36.969Z daemon INFO time="2025-02-12T10:48:36+01:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:mdns-discovery@1.0.9"
2025-02-12T09:48:36.969Z daemon INFO time="2025-02-12T10:48:36+01:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:serial-discovery@1.4.1"
2025-02-12T09:48:36.969Z daemon INFO time="2025-02-12T10:48:36+01:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:serial-monitor@0.14.1"
2025-02-12T09:48:36.976Z daemon INFO time="2025-02-12T10:48:36+01:00" level=info msg="Loading libraries index file" index="C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\library_index.json"
2025-02-12T09:48:36.976Z daemon INFO time="2025-02-12T10:48:36+01:00" level=info msg="Adding libraries dir" dir="C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\libraries" isSingleLibrary=false location=ide
time="2025-02-12T10:48:36+01:00" level=info msg="Adding libraries dir" dir="C:\\Users\\alexa\\Documents\\Arduino\\libraries" isSingleLibrary=false location=user
2025-02-12T09:48:36.976Z root ERROR Detected an error response during the gRPC core client initialization: code: 9, message: Loading index file: reading library_index.json: open C:\Users\alexa\AppData\Local\Arduino15\library_index.json: The system cannot find the file specified.
2025-02-12T09:48:36.979Z root ERROR The primary packages indexes are missing. Running indexes update before initializing the core gRPC client The index of the cores and libraries must be updated before initializing the core gRPC client.
The following problems were detected during the gRPC client initialization:
[library-index] - code: 9, message: Loading index file: reading library_index.json: open C:\Users\alexa\AppData\Local\Arduino15\library_index.json: The system cannot find the file specified.
2025-02-12T09:48:36.981Z daemon INFO time="2025-02-12T10:48:36+01:00" level=info msg="Starting download" url="https://downloads.arduino.cc/libraries/library_index.tar.bz2"
2025-02-12T09:48:36.981Z root INFO core-client-provider [library-index] Downloading index: library_index.tar.bz2
2025-02-12T09:48:38.113Z daemon INFO time="2025-02-12T10:48:38+01:00" level=info msg="Starting download" url="https://downloads.arduino.cc/libraries/library_index.tar.bz2"
Opening channel for service path '/services/electron-window'.
Opening channel for service path '/services/ide-updater'.
2025-02-12T09:48:39.463Z root ERROR Detected an error response during the gRPC core client initialization: code: 3, message: Error verifying signature: signature expired: is your system clock set correctly?
2025-02-12T09:48:39.464Z root ERROR Detected an error response during the gRPC core client initialization: code: 9, message: Loading index file: reading library_index.json: open C:\Users\alexa\AppData\Local\Arduino15\library_index.json: The system cannot find the file specified.
2025-02-12T09:48:39.464Z root ERROR Uncaught Exception: Error: The index of the cores and libraries must be updated before initializing the core gRPC client.
The following problems were detected during the gRPC client initialization:
[library-index] - code: 9, message: Loading index file: reading library_index.json: open C:\Users\alexa\AppData\Local\Arduino15\library_index.json: The system cannot find the file specified.
2025-02-12T09:48:39.464Z root ERROR Error: The index of the cores and libraries must be updated before initializing the core gRPC client.
The following problems were detected during the gRPC client initialization:
[library-index] - code: 9, message: Loading index file: reading library_index.json: open C:\Users\alexa\AppData\Local\Arduino15\library_index.json: The system cannot find the file specified.
at C:\Users\alexa\AppData\Local\Programs\arduino-ide\resources\app\lib\backend\main.js:2:777546
at v.evaluateErrorStatus (C:\Users\alexa\AppData\Local\Programs\arduino-ide\resources\app\lib\backend\main.js:2:777562)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
at async a.<anonymous> (C:\Users\alexa\AppData\Local\Programs\arduino-ide\resources\app\lib\backend\main.js:2:777232)
2025-02-12T09:48:39.464Z daemon INFO time="2025-02-12T10:48:39+01:00" level=info msg="Checking signature" index="C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\package_index.json" signatureFile="C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\package_index.json.sig" trusted=true
time="2025-02-12T10:48:39+01:00" level=info msg="Loading hardware from: C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages"
time="2025-02-12T10:48:39+01:00" level=info msg="Loading package builtin from: C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\builtin"
time="2025-02-12T10:48:39+01:00" level=info msg="Checking existence of 'tools' path: C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\builtin\\tools"
time="2025-02-12T10:48:39+01:00" level=info msg="Loading tools from dir: C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\packages\\builtin\\tools"
time="2025-02-12T10:48:39+01:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:ctags@5.8-arduino11"
time="2025-02-12T10:48:39+01:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:dfu-discovery@0.1.2"
time="2025-02-12T10:48:39+01:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:mdns-discovery@1.0.9"
time="2025-02-12T10:48:39+01:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:serial-discovery@1.4.1"
time="2025-02-12T10:48:39+01:00" level=info msg="Loaded tool" tool="builtin:serial-monitor@0.14.1"
time="2025-02-12T10:48:39+01:00" level=info msg="Loading libraries index file" index="C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\library_index.json"
time="2025-02-12T10:48:39+01:00" level=info msg="Adding libraries dir" dir="C:\\Users\\alexa\\AppData\\Local\\Arduino15\\libraries" isSingleLibrary=false location=ide
time="2025-02-12T10:48:39+01:00" level=info msg="Adding libraries dir" dir="C:\\Users\\alexa\\Documents\\Arduino\\libraries" isSingleLibrary=false location=user
2025-02-12T09:48:39.586Z root WARN Frontend a.configure took longer than the expected maximum 100 milliseconds: 1093.7 ms [Finished 3.846 s after frontend start]
2025-02-12T09:48:39.589Z root WARN A command editor.action.toggleStickyScroll is already registered.