Bug on Install

[ClimateStorm]

So it all started when I shut down my laptop without knowing that kicad was open. This caused me to be thrown a ton of error messages. I procceded to try and problem solve unsuccessfully until I decided to try and just restart, making a new file. At first, I was frustrated that I had to restart, but I got along with it. However that was the least of my worries. I was thrown more error messages when trying to make a new file making me uninstall, delete, and retry like 5 times to try to get a fresh kicad that would allow me to restart. (TLDR file corrupted from shut down. Kicad unable to create new file. Uninstalling and reinstalled attempted.)

Now, my problem has gotten worse. After asking in the ⁠beginner-help channel, I decided to do another attempt at a fresh wipe. Now my problem has changed from Kicad being read only to now it wont even open. I did the install proccess and when it says finish and open when done I clicked it. Nothing happened upon install, no popup of kicad, which has happened over the last few installs. However, now Kicad won’t even open or make a folder for itslef as it says it is “.exe not found” When I checked task manager to see if it was trying to open, it wasn’t. I can’t even uninstall now because it is “not found” and won’t make the file in the location I told it to. (TLDR Problem worse, .exe not found, can’t uninstall and wont open upon install. wont run at all) Please Help!

[eelik]

It’s difficult to believe this would be a problem in KiCad. And you don’t offer us elementary information, like whether all other applications work OK or if you can or can’t find the files in question in the File Explorer, and what are the file access permissions in file system properties.

[dsa-t]

Sounds like your storage device might be falling apart.

1. Check for errors in your file system, replace disk drive if necessary
2. Check for errors in Windows system files
3. Reduce your file path lengths. It may cause problems if the path length is more than 255 characters
4. Install KiCad and put your project on an external drive.

[paulvdh]

That: Access is Denied (In various places) is also suspicious. Maybe you (acidentally) installed KiCad as administrator, or as another user? I have not used windows for over 10 years, so I’m guessing here.

For the: File Open Warning resulting in Interleaved saves may produce… you can just click on Open Anyway. This warning message is caused by a “lock file” that gets left behind if KiCad is not exited properly. KiCad will clean this up when you normally close it later. (You can also delete these lock files manually).