pcbnew hangs during startup on Windows 10
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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KiCad |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
pcbnew hangs when it starts up. I had 5.0.2 running fine, but it started hanging 2 days ago. I’ve since downloaded and installed the previous 2 nightlies and 5.0.1-4. All of them exhibit the same issues.
kicad starts fine, and Eeschema seem to work as expected. When pcbnew is started (either through eeschema or command line), then eeschema also hangs. I’ve rebooted multiple times and reinstalled multiple times. Task Manager reports that kicad is using 16% CPU during the hang.
I've done a "sfc /scannow" and verified the filesystem.
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It sounds like something changed in your setup. There are a few things that can cause issues when pcbnew loads. In no particular order (and not exclusive) the are:
1) Antivirus
2) Network shared files
3) Drive synchronization (dropbox/google drive)
If any of these changed for you in between when 5.0.2 was working and when it wasn't, I'd start there to try to chase down the issue.