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CompactGUI won't show up

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
visualbasic

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are identified. First reproduce the launch failure on Windows 10 LTSC 2021 with the reported Classic7 setup and .NET 9 installed, then investigate why the .exe does not open; the issue is done when CompactGUI launches reliably in that environment.

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Description

i'm just clicking the .exe and for some reason CompactGUI doesn't open, i even installed the .NET 9

EDIT: forgot to mention i use Classic7 which is Windows 10 ltsc 2021 but with a windows 7 reskin

Dominant language
Visual Basic .NET
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