Questions tagged [windows]
Questions pertaining to the Windows Operating System as it relates to Blender. Questions can be anything from compatibility to optimization.
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How do I remove all these windows? [duplicate]
I accidently puted these windows. How do I get rid of these?
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How can I solve these edges to disappear?
I am working on a window frame and I had to add some loop cut and mirror modif. to finish it, but there are some edges what I cannot solve with limited dissolve.
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How do I open back the properties panel? [duplicate]
There should be a list of all the items and their properties here.
I don't know if there's a way to bring it back
I don't need the N panel, I need this one:
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Launch Blender with different Configurations (Installed Version, Windows)
Is there any way to run Blender with different configurations?
I am using the installed version of Blender on a Windows system. This automatically creates all configurations (startup.blend, userpref....
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Blender 3.4 Error: Unable to open or write bookmark file
So I am getting the following error in Blender 3.4:
Unable to open or write bookmark file "C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\3.4\config\bookmarks.txt"
I get this error ...
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Restarting Blender with a Script
I am trying to create an operator that restarts Blender. This script has worked for me in the past:
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Help with importing modules with classes in blender
I'm making a file importer addon (for a 3d model) for blender. Since the file format I'm working on is in binary ,for that I have been using a binaryreader for reading the needed values.
The binary ...
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Blender CLI does not work when blender is installed through Windows Store
In order to have a blender version manager I installed blender through the Windows store. When you install through the windows store it seems that they store the file in ...
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Error trying to build a modified blender on windows [closed]
I am trying to build this modified blender version from this repo
https://github.com/dzigaVertov/vertov_blender .
I found out that it is based on Blender 2.93 because it has the following code in the ...
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applying image texture to multiple objects
I was following this tutorial . But when I applied image texture to one cube it applied to the whole pillar. In the tutorial, he had to apply them one by one. Is it a new update or am I doing ...
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How do I make ArchiPack windows transparent?
When watching multiple YouTube videos, when they bring in an object with a window from Archipack it's automatically transparent. When I do it doesn't seem to have a material. I have downloaded the ...
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Window title to reflect active mode or workspace [duplicate]
I have third-party software that remaps keys on my keyboard. I would like it to activate one keymap if I'm in Sculpt mode and a different keymap if I'm in Object mode. The software allows assigning ...
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mouse cursor leaves blender window when using walk/fly navigation
whenever I use the walk/fly mode I cant move my cursor too much or else it will go off the screen on to another monitor. sometimes the viewport even appears upside down or some other odd way. is there ...
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How do I adjust the menu scroll speed?
I'm using Blender 3.2.2, and I find the mouse wheel scroll speed to be frustratingly slow in the menus. For example, scrolling through all the options in the Physics Properties menu, or scrolling ...
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Blender 2.79 not working in Windows Server 2019 on AWS cloud t2.micro
I was trying to install Blender 2.79 on Windows Server 2019 on AWS cloud t2.micro. It installs but does not start - neither GUI, nor by using blener -b command. ...
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Deploy Blender via Endpoint
I'm using the following command to install Blender:
MsiExec.exe /i blender-x.y.z-windows32.msi ALLUSERS=1 /qn
Blender installs on the ...
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Installing Blender on old XP machine
I want to install Blender on an old XP machine. The computer has Windows XP sp3 and 3GB RAM.
I read about options and Blender 2.72b was suggested as a nice stable version that works on XP. If ...
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Running a script in Blender from a bat file [duplicate]
I need to open blender at a certain time, run the file, then open the pyton script and run its execution.
I use bat-file to do this.
Run blender and open the project file no problem, but how do I load ...
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Missing modifier and scene selection windows (Sorry, I'm a newbie)
I'm just starting out with blender and currently doing the "Donut" tutorial. It was recommended since it encompasses many aspects of modeling and is great for beginners. In this tutorial @5:...
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Window Hiding Layout/object mode
As I was trying to work on my model, I accidentally pulled a window over my layout/thing I was working on and now I can't figure out how to close it. I tried reopening the file but it presented me ...
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How to run Blender on a Surface Pro 2
I have acquired an old Surface Pro 2 (Windows 8), and would like to run Blender on it if I ever want to use the touchscreen for drawing, sculpting, etc. The Surface Pro 2 should, in theory, run ...
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Can't Import/Export any kind of file
Operating system: Windows
Blender version: 2.93 LTS
Hi, I'm having a problem with the Import/Export of any kind of file (tried fbx and obj).
It always reports this error
Last line translation in ...
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Lights show in Cycles but not in Eevee for Windows laptop
I recently got a Windows HP laptop and am testing Blender on it. I've found that lights for my files don't appear in Eevee but they do appear in Cycles. Even after increasing the brightness for the ...
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Is there a way to send renders to a render farm with Blender 3.1.0
I am currently having a problem setting up blender (on a windows computer) to send renders on lan to a linx cluster at work. My predecessor used the "network renderer" add-on but that add-on ...
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Blender 3.1[.2] on Windows 10: every run says "trying to install non-verified app"
I downloaded the latest Blender (3.1.2) as a ZIP and unzipped it, because I want to execute it alongside other Blender versions that I have installed.
Every time I try to execute blender.exe I get an ...
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Is there Render Setting to Prevent PC Suspend?
I'm rendering using Blender 3.1 on Windows 7. In this thread here someone claimed that the render will continue until its done but apparently for me the render process gets interrupted because sleep/...
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Viewport disappeared from Shading Workspace. How to restore it? [duplicate]
i accidentally deleted the main view on the Shading window, can someone tell what should i do to get back that window :/
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How to make glass shader?
New user. I'm trying to create a bedroom scene and can't get the window to be a glass shader.
See the image of from the Bender page on how to make glass. I think it is Cycles but I would like to also ...
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Windows 8.1 Blender UI Broken?
This has happened to me in the past, and the problem was fixed on its own after a long time. Unfortunately, I don't really want to wait that long and was wondering if there was a fix in the future. I ...
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Runnin Blender.exe vs. Blender-launcher.exe
I am running v3.0.1 on a Windows 10 desktop.
When I open the folder where the Blender files are stored, which one do I open to run Blender: Blender.exe or ...
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Fix to show thumbnails in Windows 11 doesn't work
I would love to see Blender 3.0.1 (and earlier) file thumbnails in Windows 10/11 Explorer, but the fix of running blender -R at the Command window never makes a difference.
I have opened a Command ...
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How Disable image preview blender files on windows 10?
I accidentally enabled the tool to provide blender image preview files in Windows 10 but wanted to disable it. (I've attached a picture of what I'm talking about)
I've tried uninstalling blender and ...
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Why won't this terminal window close itself? [duplicate]
I'm running Windows 11 and I use Windows Terminal as my default terminal app.
This is a very minor issue, but whenever I launch Blender the terminal window remains open.
This can be a problem as ...
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Blender 3.0 installation error
I'll cut to the chase, when trying to install blender I get a popup from windows telling me it is an untrusted app with expired certificates. Error code is (0x800B010A)
There is no way to bypass this ...
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UV editor - Mirror modifier not working on all faces of cube
I'm working with the UV mapping editor for the first time and there's something fundamental that I'm not understanding. I want to map an image texture to all faces of a cube so it reads correctly on ...
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Blender 2.93 - Second Window always focuses
I use dual monitors with Blender, and the newest update (2.93), doesn't let me keep other windows on top while blender is active. If I click on my primary Blender window, it moves the second window to ...
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Using two different GPUs for display and rendering
In the GPU Rendering manual https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/render/cycles/gpu_rendering.html
it states that when rendering heavy scenes on the GPU it is best to have two different gpus: One ...
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How to select areas in the same layer the shader Editor paints?
Hello, so I created a house in 3D and want to texture it with the shader editor. Problem is that the whole house is on the "cube" layer, because I build it manually instead of building tool ...
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New Install: Blender 2.93 won't open on Windows 10 [closed]
All I'm getting is a crash window.
This is NEW install (I have never installed Blender on this computer before). Install seems to complete smoothly but when I go to open Blender it crashes immediately....
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Cannot install Blender 2.93 addons on Windows. Python error
I am having trouble migrating from Blender 2.92 to 2.93. Half of my addons will not install and they are officially supported on 2.93. When I install them, I get an error when I attempt to activate ...
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Render finished notification on Windows
On Mac, when Blender finishes rendering, it sends a notification with an audible chime. But on Windows there is no notification. Is it a Mac-only feature, or I'm missing some settings? I googled for a ...
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Get Window Handle from blender api?
is there a way to get the window handle value from python API?
i know about
user32 = ctypes.WinDLL('user32', use_last_error=True)
user32.GetActiveWindow()
But that'...
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Left click not working on various places
I am experiencing a very weird behaviour since I installed 2.9.3 although I' m not sure this has something to do with the version per se as the same behavior started happening with previous versions ...
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Run Blender from CLI with GUI
Hello dear blender community,
I am trying to automate a few tasks in Blender, and trigger their execution from the command line like this:
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Issues running Blender from the command line despite setting up environmental variables
I have become interested in running Blender from the command line (Windows) to make my workflow more efficient. I also want to be able to run it directly without pointing Windows to my directory each ...
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Add layers in blender 2.93
I am new to blender I downloaded it just now. I am trying to add a new layer in 2D Animation but I don't know how to.
I am using Windows 10.
Any help will be accepted.
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2.93 Render Window Always on Top
I just installed the latest available version 2.93.0 (win). When I press F12 to render, it popups render window, but now render window is always on top! So, I can't switch back to 3D view window (...
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audio doesn't play at all
I downloaded Blender yesterday primarily to use as a video editor and it worked well, until I tried to play audio. IT'S COMPLETELY MUTE.
I was wearing Bluetooth headphones so I tried using wired ...
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How to run an Alpha Build?
This would seem to be a dumb question since I can't find anyone asking it before....
I thought I would install an Alpha build for the first time (2.93 - on a Windows PC). I unzipped all files to a ...
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