Changed to Open GL. Now the app won't start

[slyt]

I was playing with settings and changed the display method to open GL. A window popped up asking me to restart the program. I did that, but now the program wouldn’t start. When I click the icon, it starts the splash screen but then nothing happens.

How do I undo that last change? is there a settings file?

I am on windows 10, 64 bit.

[slyt]

I uninstalled Shotcut checking “clear old registry files” and “delete old files” options. It doesn’t help.

I am able to start the program from another user profile but I would rather not have to delete my entire user profile for this to work.

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Display Method

This setting is only available on Windows and Linux. Shotcut uses OpenGL technology to draw its user interface and display video. OpenGL is typically implemented in the GPU of your computer and its driver in the operating system. These two pieces (Shotcut and the UI library it uses) and the OpenGL implementation need to communicate using a complex protocol. Sometimes, they do not communicate well and have compatibility or interoperability problems. Thus, there are some workarounds: use only s…

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@slyt

I uninstalled Shotcut checking “clear old registry files”

That should work. If it did not you should reboot, uninstall, and then reinstall choosing that option again.

[slyt]

the reboot didn’t work. so I had to go to the registry and manually delete the keys. it started working again. Thanks for your response.