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The program won't open

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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
Quiet
Tech stack
visualbasic
Domain
desktop, operating-systems

Research direction

Start by reviewing the Event Viewer information in the attached image and the Windows 10 launch context described in the issue. No source file, entry point, or test is named, so trace the startup path before deciding what change is needed. Done means the program opens successfully and creates its expected AppData folder.

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Description

When I double-click it, nothing happens. I’ve installed the .NET Framework 9 that it asked for, and I’ve run it as an administrator after changing its location. No folder is created in the AppData directory. I checked the Event Viewer, and this is what it shows.

I’m running Windows 10

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Dominant language
Visual Basic .NET
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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Getting set up

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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