Latest version of Core wont run on Windows 10

[whitespider62]

Question... I assume you have already tried restarting the computer? It's possible there is a ghost process somewhere screwing things up and preventing it from starting properly.

To be honest, I'm really clutching at straws here

The only other things that I can think of are:
- Permissions problem with Windows... was it an upgrade of an existing installation of Windows? or a clean install of Windows 10 on a formatted drive?
- Corrupt Windows install and Windows is missing some libraries/dlls or something like that.

Like I said, clutching at straws...

Am going to run DISM then SFC on Win10 to try and fix.

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[HCP]

About all I could recommend at this stage... would be to try creating Win10 install media

And then try using one of the "repair" options when booting... I would just make sure that you backup all your important stuff BEFORE you try doing any repairing/restoring... I ran into an issue a while back and attempted to do a "dirty" reinstall, and apparently Microsoft's idea of "will keep all your data" is a bit different to mine! I lost a bunch of stuff because it wiped certain directories that I didn't think it would...

It might also be worth considering going as far as backing up, then completely wiping the PC and doing a clean install...

[whitespider62]

Question... I assume you have already tried restarting the computer? It's possible there is a ghost process somewhere screwing things up and preventing it from starting properly.

To be honest, I'm really clutching at straws here

The only other things that I can think of are:
- Permissions problem with Windows... was it an upgrade of an existing installation of Windows? or a clean install of Windows 10 on a formatted drive?
- Corrupt Windows install and Windows is missing some libraries/dlls or something like that.

Like I said, clutching at straws...

Am going to run DISM then SFC on Win10 to try and fix.

Sigh. It didn't work.

Would creating a Windows 10 bootable USB, then formatting laptop, then clean installing it be worth a go?

[HCP]

Yeah, as above... last resort would be to create the media, backup your important stuff, wipe the computer and clean install.

[BitMaxz]

Sigh. It didn't work.

Would creating a Windows 10 bootable USB, then formatting laptop, then clean installing it be worth a go?

Wait, have you tried to repair the laptop through checkdisk command?
If not do this first, follow this guide below to repair OS though CMD(command prompt)

- How to Run CHKDSK on Windows 10

If it doesn't work your final solution is to reformat the laptop with a fresh OS. I hope that you have a fresh OS not modified/customized one.

[whitespider62]

Sigh. It didn't work.

Would creating a Windows 10 bootable USB, then formatting laptop, then clean installing it be worth a go?

Wait, have you tried to repair the laptop through checkdisk command?
If not do this first, follow this guide below to repair OS though CMD(command prompt)

- How to Run CHKDSK on Windows 10

If it doesn't work your final solution is to reformat the laptop with a fresh OS. I hope that you have a fresh OS not modified/customized one.

Created a Win10 bootable USB, formatted drive and did a clean install...and finally it worked! QT now running and the blockchain is downloading. Thanks everyone for all your help. I will be running a full node soon.

[HCP]

Yeah... I've never really been a bit fan of "upgrading" Windows OS installs... it is usually a lot less hassle in the long run to wipe the computer (or get another harddrive) and start with a fresh install.

Anyway, glad you managed to get it sorted finally! Good luck with the sync

[whitespider62]

Yeah, as above... last resort would be to create the media, backup your important stuff, wipe the computer and clean install.

Many thanks - clean install and now QT is running. Blockchain downloading as I type!