Really strange (I also have different Python versions installed but without
problems), but glad you got it to work!

Peter

On Wed, 19 May 2021, 15:34 Aaron Van Stralen, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> Thank you again for all your assistance, I truly appreciate it.
>
> I installed the new version with the upgraded Qt and it didn't even
> start.  I would start the program but nothing would show up on screen and
> nothing in the task manager.
>
> However, when you mentioned Python in your last post, it got me thinking
> that perhaps there is some conflict between Mnemosyne and the Python
> interpreter and libraries that I have installed on my system.  I currently
> have Python 3.7 installed for my own programs.  I removed python 3.7 from
> the system path and now, so far at least, it seems to be working.  I
> reinstalled Mnemosyne 2.7.3b and started it several times with no
> problems.  Perhaps removing Python 3.7 from the system path solved the
> start up problem.  Hopefully :)
>
> But thank you again for all your assistance.  I have been using Mnemosyne
> for a couple of years now and I love it.
>
> Aaron
>
> On Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 1:04:52 AM UTC-7 Peter Bienstman wrote:
>
>> If there's a crash in Mnemosyne's own Python code, the program will show
>> a stack trace. However, if the program is just hanging upon start, the only
>> thing that is happening is initialising the GUI and loading the database.
>> All of these are outsourced to C libraries, which I have no control over.
>>
>> I suspect there must be something very unusual in your setup that Qt (the
>> GUI library we use) doesn't like, as I've never seen this reported before.
>>
>> There's not a whole lot I can do about this, but here's a new version
>> where I upgraded Qt:
>>
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/kt1i1nwmz83hw8d/mnemosyne-2.7.3-qt5.15.4-setup.exe?dl=0
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 3:36 AM Aaron Van Stralen <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you Peter, but that didn't seem to make any difference.  I
>>> installed it and it is still stuck when I start it as "not responding".  Is
>>> there some place that I can look for possibly some logs?  Or is there a
>>> debug mode I can enable?
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> On Monday, May 17, 2021 at 11:35:02 PM UTC-7 Peter Bienstman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here's a version which disables the wizard:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/efvbt81g4pji7qm/mnemosyne-2.7.3-no-wizard-setup.exe?dl=0
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 7:23 AM Aaron Van Stralen <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yes, same result.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, May 17, 2021 at 9:34:23 PM UTC-7 Peter Bienstman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Did you try my suggestions about updating your system/graphics
>>>>>> drivers, and about the command line arguments?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, 18 May 2021, 05:00 Aaron Van Stralen, <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Peter,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you for trying to help out.  Yes, I it was working fine on the
>>>>>>> computer before.  Yes, I was able to get past the welcome wizard on a 
>>>>>>> prior
>>>>>>> occasion.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Then it froze for no apparent reason.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I then tried to reinstall Mnemosyne.  Reinstalling didn't change
>>>>>>> anything.  So I deleted the data directory under
>>>>>>> C:/users/<me>/AppData/Roaming/Mnemosyne and reinstalled again.  That was
>>>>>>> the screenshot I showed you on the first post.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Then yesterday, it seemed to work and I was able to get past the
>>>>>>> welcome screen and reload my cards.  Now today, I tried to start it and 
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> again froze:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [image: another freeze.png][image: another freeze 2.png]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks again for all your help Peter.  I'm sorry if it seems
>>>>>>> confusing.  Any questions please let me know.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>> Aaron
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 9:51:11 PM UTC-7 Peter Bienstman wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm a bit confused : was Mnemosyne working fine on that computer
>>>>>>>> before or not? I.e. did you ever get past the welcome wizard?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The welcome wizard is just a standard Qt dialog which doesn't do
>>>>>>>> anything special, so I'm not sure I have control over what goes on 
>>>>>>>> there.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Long shot: make sure Windows and your graphics card drivers are
>>>>>>>> fully updated. Also try starting Mnemosyne  with the 
>>>>>>>> --qt-opengl=desktop
>>>>>>>> command line argument.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If that doesn't work, I can make you a special version that skips
>>>>>>>> the wizard.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, 15 May 2021, 22:57 Aaron Van Stralen, <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When I took that screenshot I had already reinstalled Mnemosyne by
>>>>>>>>> then, at least two times.  And yes, I've already tried to remove
>>>>>>>>> Mnemosyne's data directory.  I also tried removing all references to
>>>>>>>>> Mnemosyne in the registry but that didn't seem to help either.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This is a new computer so I can't imagine that it has anything to
>>>>>>>>> do with the drive.  The hard drive is an ssd that I purchased no more 
>>>>>>>>> than
>>>>>>>>> 3 months ago.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I did notice that in the task manager Mnemosyne continuously uses
>>>>>>>>> about 17% CPU.  Perhaps it is stuck in some sort of infinite loop?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 11:28:55 AM UTC-7 Peter Bienstman
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> This is really strange, because you only should see this dialog
>>>>>>>>>> when you start Mnemosyne for the first time. You're not having the 
>>>>>>>>>> database
>>>>>>>>>> on a drive which is dying, by any chance?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Before reinstalling, can you also remove Mnemosyne's data
>>>>>>>>>> directory (but take a backup first of the entire directory) at
>>>>>>>>>> C:/users/<me>/AppData/Roaming/Mnemosyne ?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 6:36 PM Aaron Van Stralen <
>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I recently downloaded and installed Mnemosyne.  It was working
>>>>>>>>>>> fine but recently when I try to start the program, it simply 
>>>>>>>>>>> freezes at
>>>>>>>>>>> start up like this:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> [image: freezes.png]
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling but same result.
>>>>>>>>>>> I've even tried going back to older versions but same result.  I am 
>>>>>>>>>>> using
>>>>>>>>>>> windows 10 home 64 bit and only had a problem recently.  I use the 
>>>>>>>>>>> program
>>>>>>>>>>> on my laptop with Windows 10 professional no problem.  Is there 
>>>>>>>>>>> something I
>>>>>>>>>>> can do to fix this issue?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you
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