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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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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Memory management batch file script not working
using the information from this exchange(When Blender crashes during rendering), I made a script that for some reason doesn't work. The script I made is just like the one in the example except for the ...
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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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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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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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How do I restore the original window configuration? [duplicate]
I have made a real mess of things. Each time I try to close one "viewport" or whatever they are called, another one is created, and now my entire screen is a MESS. I just want the original window ...
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Make Blender usable on high resolution screen
The Blender UI elements are incredibly small by default on high resolution screens on Windows (15" UHD screen). I found the Preferences -> System -> DPI setting which can be set up to 144. This ...
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Blender crashes entire PC on Cycles rendering - need help diagnosing the problem
I have a MSI i9 PC (32 GB of ram) and a RTX 2080. The computer crashes on any Cycles render but for our purposes here, I'm using the Blend file attached to this ticket.
Here's what I've done to ...
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Some vertices stopped moving in sculpt mode
On a project I was working on creating shape keys and sculpting the model for those keys, suddenly while attempting to create a new shape key some of the vertices of the model stopped reacting to the ...
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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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After sleep mode or hibernation blender crashes
When working on projects, I don't close the necessary programs and folders when i want have a rest so that after the rest I can get to work faster. I use hibernation when I go to sleep, and sleep mode ...
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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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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"
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Blender 4.1 Glass not letting light through anymore
I've used several Glass setups in the past. Since Version 4.1 none of them seem to work for my Windows. The Object always throws a complete shadow, even when the glass is mixed with a transparent ...
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Blender 4.0 Windows explorer thumbnail preview not working even after making it default version
Blender 4.0 Windows explorer thumbnail preview not working even after making it default version.
It used to work properly, I don't know what happened and it is not working anymore. I've searched for ...
