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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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? [closed]
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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