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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Path to all Font directories on windows 10
When I installed extra fonts on Windows 10, the OS put the files in my user "AppData ..." location. Now fonts exist in two different directories and I cannot find information on how to setup the font ...
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Room with Archmesh
I created a room with archmesh, but when rendering with Cycles it´s dark inside, when rendering with Eevee I can see the outside through the window.
How can I fix this?
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Blender 2.81a file created in Windows behaves weird in Linux
I have students learning Blender doing the Blender Guru Donut Tutorial. While doing this, a few of them have moved to another room. The difference is that they started on Windows 10 PCs and now try to ...
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Integrated Graphics Requirments for Newer Laptops?
I'm buying a 10th Gen Intel Core, HP laptop. The specs say it only has an Intel Graphics Coprocessor.
Will it run blender 2.8?
https://www.amazon.com/2020-HP-Touchscreen-Premium-Laptop/dp/B081SM57RY/...
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Open Layout window on a second monitor
Is it possible in Blender to open a completely different window and place it on a second monitor? The same way we can open a shading or uv window and split the screen, but to have that shading window ...
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Opengl 3.3 drivers blender 2.81
I use blender 2.81 at start, I get this error, the drivers are updated through the driver pack solution.
Some may say that the graphics card is not suitable and needs to be updated. But if I use ...
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Screen distorts after enlarging/opening new windows [closed]
This distortion occurs upon opening new windows inside blender, such that I can not save, save rendered image, open project, virtually anything. I'd really appreciate an answer on how to fix this ...
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Blender 2.81 crashed now no version starts
I've never had issues with any blender version up through 2.8 64 bit and was actually using blender when i noticed that 2.81 was released. I downloaded 2.81a on Dec 5 and it opened for a few moments ...
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2.79 works for me- 2.81a refuse to start - cmd screen only flashes
I have been using 2.79 works well. installed both 2.8 and even 2.81a on a Dell xps8300 W7.When I tried to start it , the cmd-screen only flashed. blender did not start. Doe's anyone have a solution ...
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Changing startup file location
Is it possibile to change the location of the startup.blend file to my documents for example, in Windows? Thank you. I found useful to have an unique location like all the other software templates, ...
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I am seeing both blender 2.8 and blender 2.81 in my program list. So can I uninstall blender 2.8?
I have previously installed Blender 2.8 and today I have updated to Blender 2.81 by downloading and installing it from blender website. I see 2 blender programs in program list, one Blender 2.8 and ...
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Blender 2.8 Command Line: Errors on running script
I am looking to run my python scripts using the command line. So far, I have confirmed I can open blender using the command line, and I can open a specific file as well.
The issue comes when I ...
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Blender crashes randomly while using - OpenGL issue
I've been experiencing one particular problem for over two years without a solution.
When using Blender (even just navigation in GUI), it randomly crashes. When I look to the Events Viewer, I get ...
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Windows/Linux vs Mac 2019
You are always recommended to use windows/Linux to run blender but all the forum questions seem to be outdated by 7 years. I only thought of this because people tend to prefer to use photoshop and ...
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Does Blender bloat unnecessarily the Windows Registry?
According to Revo Uninstaller, Blender adds more than 4400 registry keys to the Windows Registry. They are almost all spread in Registry folder:
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Blender 2.76b crashes windows xp on startup
I appreciate all your helps. I find this software incompatibility very frustrating. I think I remember Blender v2.76b running successfully on my laptop machine in the past. There have been many ...
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Trapped in Dope Sheet view
I've used Blender a bit, so I've been enjoying how usability has improved in v2.8, but I was in Animation view - timeline, dope sheet and view - and accidentally touched the keyboard - POW! The view ...
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How to restore original window? [duplicate]
So today I wanted to separate the workspace between two monitors and I shift-clicked the view I wanted to put in a new window and it worked.
The problem is that when I wanted to close it (since in ...
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How can I adjust text size of the interface in Blender 2.8?
I have seen previous questions that say the text size can be set by using Ctrl+Alt+U.
However, when I press these keys it doesn't seem to do anything at all.
I am using Blender 2.8 and Windows 10
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Grease Pencil Animation
I am wanting to use the new features of the grease pencil for animation. I am going to have a sphere that I want to draw facial expressions on top of. However, it is not very efficient to try to ...
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User Preferences File Not Compatible Between Win and Linux
I'm using both Windows and Linux and I was hoping to be able to sync the userpref.blend between these operating systems but it seems it doesn't work.
I've tried with both Blender Sync and by manually ...
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Can Blender 2.80 run in windows 10 virtual machine
I have been doing a little research on virtual machines like VirtualBox and that got me wounding if I can run windows 10 on my mac using VirtualBox and run blender 2.80 on windows 10 and what do the ...
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Blender 2.8 fails to load using NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
I get the following error message when trying to launch blender 2.8.
I have checked and i am running the latest drivers and my GPU says it supports OpenGL 4+
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Blender crashes whole PC
Blender crashes my whole PC, usually when i switch out of it and come back into it.
Blender usually crashes when I switch out of it and come back into, and when it does crash, it begins with the ...
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Blender 2.8 causes all other versions to not run!
After installing 2.8 i use it for 5 min then it stops responding and crashes. I try to reopen and the console is blank and it never ends up working. All other versions of blender i have installed also ...
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Blurred interface (wrong interface scale) [duplicate]
I've just installed Blender 2.8 (also check 2.76 and 2.79) and interface looks quite weird (windows 10, FHD res).
menu bar not visible although application is displayed in fullscreen
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bottom of ...
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Where can I download blender 2.79b? [duplicate]
was wondering if there was a link to blender 2.79b as I can't seem to find a download link anywhere.
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search folder and import each file by script (ver. 2.79b)
Aims:
I have a displacement modifier applied on the object.
Image files were put into a sub-folder.
I wanted to use script to search the sub-folder, replace the image(used by displacement modifier) ...
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Blender closes when opened (flashes command window)
When I try to load Blender, it flashes a command window and gives a failure (very similar to the one described in the link below). It then opens Blender (a gray screen) and closes it.
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How to remove every inactive/unused screens in python?
in blender you can easely create thousands of screens.
i'd like to have every screens from bpy.data.screens that are not visible deleted, how can i do that ?
i know that
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How to prevent a newly create window to change its content when switching between workspaces?
hello, how do i prevent this behavior of any newly created window /window dupplication ? i want the content of the window to stay the same when switching from workspaces to workspaces.
can it be ...
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How to modify the size, position, and always on top status of the active blender window for windows OS through python
I was wondering for my addon how to resize, move, and modify the always on top status of the active window.
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AlT R Key In blender opens Windows Run command
When I use the alt R key in Windows 10 Pro it opens the Windows run command. How do I fix this?
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Trying to install blender getting stuck on creating shortcuts
I'm trying to install Blender at my school but when it's getting close to finishing it gets stuck on "Creating Shortcuts"
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Possible to make an Installation version of Blender with all current Add-ons and Settings?
Blender can be downloaded in a portable version, that doesn't need an installation.
It's also possible to pack external data like models and textures into a .blendfile.
This makes me feel, it should ...
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Can not get selection box selecting more than one object in Blender 2.8
I am a complete Blender newb, so it's entirely possible that I am messing something up.
In this capture I am trying to select all of the "brick" objects I have created using a mouse-drag box select:
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Just installed for the first time. Blender closes instantly upon starting up [closed]
I apologize if this is a common issue, but I cannot for the life of me understand how to startup the program. I just finished installing for the first time, yet Blender will not even run. I had to do ...
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Blender 2.80 and Windows 7
I try to open Blender 2.80 on Windows 7 and nothing happens.
I have never had problems with previous versions on my machine, it works perfectly under Ubuntu (my second machine).
Does someone have an ...
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Unable to download Blender because of ssl_error_rx_record_too_long error [closed]
I'm using Firefox 65.0.1 64 bit and have tried many times to download blender using a standard window, a private window, setting TLS back to 1.2 etc - however I'm still unable to do so because of the ...
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Why is my object lying on the surface when I export file as OBJ?
I've made a 3D model (a snowman). I've saved it as a BLEND file and it was standing. After that I wanted to export it as an OBJ file. I viewed it in Microsoft Print 3D and it was lying. How can I fix ...
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Screen bar of the window screen covers/block the buttons
I am a new blender user and I download the version 2.8 beta. However, when I open the software the bar that shows the software's name(on the top of the screen) and the bar that shows window icon, ...
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How to prevent blender blocking computer entering stand by state?
I often leave my Windows computer on overnight, and sometimes I have Blender running when I do so. I've noticed that when Blender is running that my computer will not enter it's powered down state. ...
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Windows 10 Title Bar blocking menus [duplicate]
Both on 2.79b and 2.80 beta, I am unable to see the top menu line. It is being blocked by the windows title bar. I'm running on a laptop with a built in Intel 620 graphics. I assume that is the ...
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blender 2.8 beta doesn't find opengl
Blender 2.8 doesn't load on my windows 7 notebook. It only says several times:
"Warning! Ignoring untested OpenGL context profile mask bits. Warning! OpenGL core profile not available."
I already ...
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Blender wont start - New PC on windows 10
I just finished building my new PC, here are the specs if you need them:
i7-8700K
EVA GeForce GTX 1070 SC (got used off eBay so if its defective and thats the issue i want to know asap, but i don't ...
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When rendering a 17 minute video, the mp4 is not playing anything
Maybe this is a dumb question, but when I run a test render on the first 100 frames or so everything looks great - renders in HD to H.264 in MPEG-4 with H.264 codec and MP3 audio codec, everything in ...
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Blender crashes after grey window
I simply cannot launch blender 2.79a whatever I do! I have reinstalled 4 times and done the same with older versions. I have also updated my drivers and installed an older version of Python in case it ...
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Patch notes for 2.8 beta?
Where I can see it? Doesnt seem to find anywhere. And new updates are released every day it seems? Should I update Blender every day too? Afraiding of that something will be broke in updates, like ...
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Blender closes when minimised or UI elements are closed
I’m having a bug which was not present about a week ago.
Every time I click the blender Icon in the Windows 10 taskbar to minimise it, it just completely shuts down. If I open a window within the ...
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Running Blender under Virtualbox
I setup a VirtualBox machine under Windows for dev related stuff (python, visual studio etc), everything works except that I cant run Blender :( it crashes with
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